April 2019
Warfighter Universal Rulebook ..........................2
Settings and Eras................................................3
Game Overview ..................................................4
Victory ................................................................4
Component Overview ........................................4
Mission Set-Up....................................................8
Card Types ..........................................................9
Select your Mission card ..................................10
Purchasing Your Cards ....................................27
Playing Action Cards ........................................29
Initial Action Cards ............................................31
Sequence of Play ..............................................31
Soldier Actions ..................................................32
Soldier Activities................................................33
Location Cards..................................................34
Soldier Attacks ..................................................40
Hostile Cards ....................................................44
Event Cards ......................................................45
Hostile Turn ......................................................46
Soldier Wounds ................................................48
Completing the Objective ................................50
Shadow War......................................................52
Campaigns........................................................64
Medal Cards......................................................69
Vehicles ............................................................70
Private Military Contractors (PMCs)..................72
Undead - Alternative WWII Setting ..................78
Player Campaigns ............................................80
Optional Rules ..................................................81
Credits ..............................................................81

The Warfighter Universal Rulebook
April 2019
- Dan Verssen
The first question you might have is, “What inspired the
Universal Rulebook for Warfighter?”
Well, quite simply, it was… you.
A while back, I designed the Frontline card game. It was a
card game for 2 or more players, each card was a soldier,
and you moved around and tried to eliminate the enemy
soldier cards.
Looking back on it, the path to Warfighter can easily be
seen.
Around that same time, I had designed the solitaire Special
Forces Vassal/PnP board game. You moved modern soldier
counters around maps, the game ran the bad guys, and you
tried to complete missions.
This led to Rise of the Zombies, a card game for 1 or more
players where you moved through locations and killed
zombies to reach the rescue helicopter before time ran out.
All of these games worked, but none of them really brought
together the magic that I feel when a game really comes
together and all pistons are firing…
Until one day I saw a post on Facebook from a Rise of the
Zombies fan suggesting a modern military expansion. I liked
it! And it would be so easy! All I had to do was swap out
zombies for enemy soldiers, civilians for soldiers, and
civilian guns for military weapons, and it would be done! I
could wrap it up in a couple weeks, easy.
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And I started reworking Zombies, and with each mechanic, I
found better mechanics, and cooler ways to do things. The
idea of the all-in-one die roll for attack, penetration, reload,
changed everything. Before long, weeks turned into
months. After about 6 months, Warfighter was done and
polished, so we launched a Kickstarter with three (3!)
mighty expansions. The Kickstarter did well, we published
the games, and I moved on to other designs having had a
great time with Warfighter.
Then, I started reading your posts on Facebook, and we
started receiving emails asking for more. Lots of emails and
posts. Asking for lots more content. More Modern! What
about WWII? What about a fantasy dungeon crawl? What
about science fiction?
Between you and me, it was fantastic. I had never had a
game so well received, and it was an amazing feeling. And
a responsibility.
Once we ventured into WWII, I knew I wanted all eras of
Warfighter to be compatible with all other eras. The idea of
taking a modern SEAL team into a fantasy world and firing
LAW rockets at a dragon, while other SEALs fire M4s at
Orcs, was just too cool to pass up.
And if SEALs can venture into a fantasy world, why can’t a
band of dungeon heroes emerge from the mists to take on
the enemy soldiers of WWII?
For people who have one favorite era, and are not
interested in other eras, a Universal Rulebook provides all
the rules for each era, in one place. This means the
Fortification rules will work the same for the beaches of D-
Day, as they do for storming a fantasy castle, or an enemy-
held stronghold in Iraq.
This, however, stretched the system in directions it was
never intended for. In a modern or WWII setting, melee
weapons and combat rarely occurs, so it can be kept
simple. On the other hand, melee combat is the primary
form of dealing with monsters in a fantasy setting. That, and
magic. I can assure you magic spells were never envisioned
being part of the game when I was designing M4s for the
streets of Baghdad.
This meant I needed a system that could have M4s, Long
Swords, Orcs, Taliban, Laser Rifles, Fireball spells, German
Soldiers, Minor Heal spells, Deep Ones, Hind helicopters,
Nazi Zombies, Mecko-Dogs, powered armor, Imperial
Japanese Skeletons, Kevflex Body Armor, and Tiger tanks,
all operating under the same set of rules. And doing so
fluidly so it felt natural to players.
The biggest changes happened in the melee system. It had
to expand from an afterthought to a full-blown main game
mechanic. Other areas also needed more detail, such as
vehicles and aircraft. These played a minor role at the start
of the game series, but now expanded into a larger role.
Especially when players wanted to include a tank with their
squad of soldiers.
All of these changes and additions, of course, caused
chaos with the rulebooks. I wanted to keep all the rules
consistent, to make learning the game and hopping
between eras to be as seamless as possible.
This became difficult when we had a Modern rulebook, a
WWII rulebook, and soon a Fantasy rulebook and Science
Fiction rulebook.
The inspiration for the Universal Rulebook came from the
multi-era graphic. One afternoon, I felt inspired, and started
messing around with a graphic that showed the worlds that
Warfighter does, and will encompass.
That one graphic crystalized the idea that it is a unified
gaming world, so why not have a unified rulebook?
It was a simple, and now obvious, solution. We could have
all the rules in one place. That would maximize
interoperability between the different rulesets, by ensuring
consistency and playability.
I also look forward to expanding Warfighter to encompass
even more worlds. The Vietnam War is a much requested
era, as is World War I, and far-future Science Fiction. We
have even started exploring the idea of strategic-level
Warfighter additions to the world. Instead of each card
representing a soldier, each card will represent a division or
an army.
Again, all because of you.
To bring things full circle, all this is because of you and your
support for our Kickstarters and retail stores. Because of
you, Warfighter went from one boxed game and three
expansions to a series that brings together Modern and
WWII, and will soon expand to include Fantasy and Science
Fiction.
I thank you. I thank each and every one of you who has
made this incredible journey possible.
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settings and eras
Warfighter now spans several Eras and Settings.
Eras are large blocks of time. At present, we have the Modern
Era, and the WWII Era. The Korean War cards are part of the
WWII Era. As we expand the series, we will also have the
Fantasy Era, Science Fiction Eras, and probably more.
Settings are specific situations within an Era.
WWII Era
European Setting
Pacific Setting
Korean War Setting
WWII Undead Setting
Modern Era
Daytime Setting
Shadow War Setting
Private Military Contractor (PMC) Setting
We have worked hard to make sure your Warfighter Soldiers,
PMCs, Heroes, etc (“Soldiers” for short) can travel as
seemlessly as possible between Settings and even Eras.
Travel Between Settings and Eras
For example, taking your WWII Pacific Soldiers to WWII
Europe (a change in Setting), or taking your Modern Daytime
Soldiers to WWII Pacific (a change in Era).
Your Soldiers can only have their inherent Era Skills and Gear
cards. When playing the Mission, use the Action cards, Hostile
cards, and Display Sheet of the Era and Setting they are
traveling to.
Example: Your WWII Pacific Soldier can use any WWII Era Skills
and Gear cards.
Example: If your Modern Shadow War Soldier, WWII European
Soldier, and Fantasy Fighter wanted to explore a Fantasy
Dungeon, they would each have the Skills and Gear of their
own Eras, and you would use the Fantasy Action card deck,
Display Sheet, and Hostile cards.
Game Overview MISSION CARDS
Warfighter is a fast-paced card game depicting a squad of
Soldiers engaging hostile forces. To succeed, your Soldiers You will select one of these cards at the start of each Mission.
must complete a mission in enemy territory. They only have
Mission cards give you the
the weapons and equipment they bring with them to battle the
information needed to purchase
enemy forces they encounter, so planning and preparing for
your team and start your
the mission is vital to your success.
Mission.
The Warfighter series features boxed core games that provide
the basis for an Era or Setting, as well as expansion packs to
add Soldiers, Hostiles, Locations, Weapons, and more.

You can play solitaire, or work co-operatively with your friends,

while the game controls the hostile forces. You win or lose the
game as a team.

The components and examples appearing in this rulebook are

taken from several Warfighter Eras. Unless noted otherwise, all
rules apply to all Eras.
OBJECTIVE CARDS
Any changes from the previous rulebook are in red text. You will also select one of these
cards at the start of each
Mission.
Victory
The game immediately ends in success when you complete Objective cards detail the
the Objective card’s requirements. conditions that must be met to
complete the Mission and win
The game ends in failure if you run out of Game Turns, or the game.
when the last member of your team has zero Health
remaining.

Component Overview
TACTICAL DISPLAY SHEET LOCATION CARDS
Location cards detail the terrain
Light Jungle you travel through on your way
Ent 4
Rein: 0-1 Jungle to your Objective.
LOCATION

Location Marker

2
Hostiles
Discard this card and
The Tactical Display Sheet is where you will place your card Free to play.
29-
30-49
1
2 draw a card from the
decks, cards, and counters during the game. Environ: Fever 4+. 50-74 3
Location Deck.
Nature. Obstructed. 75-99 5
100-124 8 Add the Location card

KEYWORD SHEET
125+ 11
WP-44 to your hand.

The Keyword sheet defines

the Keywords found on the There are Location Marker
Warfighter cards. If you see cards in the Action card deck, WP-281

an unfamiliar word on a indicating when to draw a

card, reference the Keyword sheet for its rules. Location card.
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HOSTILE CARDS SOLDIER CARDS
The Hostile cards detail the There are 3 kinds of Soldier cards: Squad Soldiers, Non-
0 threats to your team during the Player Soldiers, and Player Soldiers. Each player can play
E Mission. more than one Soldier of any types.
Lone Soldier

Some eras, such as WWII, have Side Note: We do our best to give each Soldier card a unique
Elite (more challenging) and photo. However, now that we have hundreds of Soldier cards
1 Frontline (less challenging) in print stretching back several years, we sometimes
Hostile cards. Separate the accidently re-use a photo. Please know that we go to every
Roll Attack (Range 0‐1)
5‐ Miss Hostile cards into a Frontline effort to minimize how often this happens.
6‐8 1 Wound
9+ 2 Wounds deck and an Elite deck. They
Penetration 1.
are easy to tell apart by their Squad Soldiers come as they
3 card backs. are shown on their cards.
WP-209 These are good low-cost
Soldiers to fill out your team.

Other eras, such as Modern, Some of them have Skill cards,

have more than one type of Weapon cards, or Equipment
Hostile. In the Modern era, the cards.
Drug Cartel Hostiles are the
among the least challenging,
and the Eastern European
Hostiles are among the most
challenging.

You will select one of these

Hostile decks at the start of
each Mission. Non-Player Soldiers (NPS) come
with the predesignated
Only use one Hostile type Weapons, Equipment, and Skills
during the Mission. noted on their cards.

If you need to draw a Hostile card, and the Hostile Draw Deck These are mid-cost Soldiers, and
is empty, shuffle the discards and re-form the Hostile Draw are good at supporting your
Deck. If there are no Hostiles in the Discard or Draw deck, do main Player Soldiers.
not place the Hostile.

EVENT CARDS
The Event cards represent
special situations on the
Easy Going

battlefield. Player Soldiers have a hand of

EVENT

Action cards and can be

equipped with the Weapons,
Skills, and Equipment of your
choosing.

These are your most costly and

Permanently reduce the
Entrance Cost of this highly-skilled Soldiers.
Location by 2.

WP-260

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SKILL CARDS Soldiers are still only allowed to have one instance of each
Skill card.
You can purchase Skill cards to

WEAPON CARDS
improve your Player Soldier’s
abilities.
You can purchase Weapon
Skills cannot be transfered to cards for your Player Soldiers.
other Soldiers.
Player Soldiers may freely
transfer Weapons to other
Player Soldiers in their same
Location card.

Nation Skill cards are specific

to each Nation in the game.
These cards give the Soldiers
of each Nation a unique feel.
Purchase these Skill cards as
normal. Some Nation cards
EQUIPMENT CARDS
You can purchase Equipment
have a Pre-Requisite (Pre-Req).
cards for your Player Soldiers.
The Soldier must meet this
requirement to purchase the Player Soldiers may freely
card. transfer Equipment to other
Example: A Nation card has a Player Soldiers in their same
Pre-Req of “Marines only”. In Location card.
order to purchase the card, a
Soldier must belong to the Weapons and Equipment are
flagged Nation, and be a Marine. collectively known as Gear.

Specialist Skill cards group

several Skills together onto the
same card. This allows the
Soldier to gain the listed Skills
while paying fewer Resource
Points.

Gather the listed Skill cards as

SERVICE RECORDS
Not all eras have Service
normal for reference during the
Record cards.
Mission. The Soldier gains all
the listed Skills for the cost of
You can purchase Service
the Specialist card, instead of
Record cards for your Soldiers.
paying the individual cost for
each Skill card. These cards show the past
battles your Soldier fought in.
To purchase a Specialist card, the Soldier must meet the
noted Pre-Reqs listed on the Specialist card. The Soldier must Service Records cannot be
have the minimum RP cost or higher printed on the card, as transfered to other Soldiers.
well as any other noted requirements.

Example: A Specialist card has the Pre-Req of “Veteran, Printed

21+ RP.” In order to purchase the card, a Soldier must have the
Veteran Skill, and have an RP cost of 21 or more on the Soldier
card.

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ACTION CARDS Identification counter. Place the Hostile Targeting counters into
an opaque cup. You will draw these counters to determine
which Soldier a Hostile is targeting.
Player Soldiers draw, hold,

discard, and play Action cards
during the game.
Each Action card details its
game effect.
Action cards cannot be
transfered to other Soldiers.
ACTION COUNTERS
Each Soldier has two Actions per
Soldier Turn unless otherwise noted
on the card. As your Soldier uses an
Action, flip the Action counter to the
“USED” side. At the start of the next Soldier Turn flip them
back.

AMMUNITION COUNTERS
Most Weapons come with several
Ammunition counters. You will place
these Ammo counters on your
DICE Weapon cards.
10-sided dice are used for all die rolls,

GEAR AND GRENADE COUNTERS

except to Defeat Cover. You will roll a 6-sided
die to Defeat Cover. If your 10-sided die has
a “0” facet, treat it as a “10”. A d20 is used if
your Soldier has Armor Equipped.

Some Weapon, Skill, and Equipment cards modify your die

rolls.
There are also several types of counters used to track the

TIMER COUNTER number of Grenades and Equipment your Soldiers carry.

HAND TO HAND COUNTERS

The Timer counter tracks the number of Turns
remaining in the Mission.
When a Soldier Engages a Hostile in Hand to
Hand (HtH) Combat, place one of these counters
on that Hostile card.

INACTIVE COUNTER
SERVICE RECORD COUNTERS
An Inactive counter is placed on the Objective
card at the start of the Mission. Once you
Activate the Objective card, discard this counter. These counters will be
placed on your Service
Record cards to show
how many times you can
SOLDIER IDENTIFICATION COUNTERS use each Service Record Skill.

HARDY COUNTERS
Each Soldier Identification counter has a number.

There are two of each of these numbered These counters will be expended to overcome
counters. You will place one on the Soldier’s card, harsh Environmental conditions.
and the other on the Soldier’s current Location card.

HOSTILE TARGETING COUNTERS

Each Hostile Targeting counter is numbered.
There are 4 copies of each numbered counter.
You will only use the Hostile Targeting counters
that have the same number as a Soldier
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 EXPERIENCE COUNTERS CREATE THE BATTLEFIELD
Each Experience counter represents
one or two Experience Points (XP). Deploy the Tactical Display Sheet
Some Soldiers start with Experience
Points. You will gain Experience Points
when you Kill the last Hostile on a Hostile card.

SUPPRESS/EKIA COUNTERS
Place these counters on a Hostile
card each time you inflict an Enemy
Killed In Action (EKIA) or Suppress
result from your Soldier’s Attack.
Place the Tactical Display Sheet on the table.
WOUND COUNTERS Your Soldiers will always be in a Location card. Mission and
Wound counters will be used to track
the reduction in a Soldier’s Health. Objective cards are considered to be Location cards. The
The reverse of these counters are Mission card and Objective card are the first and last Location
Treated Wound counters, used to cards of a Mission.
track Wounds that cannot be Healed again.
Deploy The Decks
BANDAGE COUNTERS Shuffle the following decks: Hostiles, Locations, Events, and
Action cards.
Four Bandage counters come with each First Aid
Kit Equipment card you purchase.
Place each deck face down on the Tactical Display Sheet’s
respective Deck Areas.

Place the Keyword sheet nearby for easy reference.

mission SET-Up Card Text and Decks

SELECT NATION
Where the text on a card conflicts with the Rulebook, the card
takes precedence over the Rulebook.
Select the Nation of your Soldier cards.
When a deck is depleted, gather the cards from the discard
Any card which is specific to one or more Nations will pile, shuffle the cards, and form a new deck.
show the Nation's flag in the upper left corner. These
may include Weapon, Skill or Equipment cards, and
can only be used by Soldiers from that Nation. If there is no
flag in the corner, it can be used by any Nation.

Select the Region of the Mission, Location, and Objective

cards. This can be Europe, Far East, Jungle, etc.

Select the Nation of the Hostiles you are facing, as well as

their quality level.
0 0 Choose between Frontline Hostiles (F) and the
F E more difficult Elite Hostiles (E). All Hostiles in
your Hostile deck must be of the same level.

Not all eras have Elite and Frontline Hostiles. Some eras
separate the Hostiles by type/difficulty.
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1
Example: The Modern era includes Middle East, Cartel, Eastern
European, and more.

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 MISSION CARD DETAILS
1 - Title: For flavor 7 - Loadout: Adjust each Player Soldier’s Loadout
only. rating by this modifier. Non-Player Soldiers and Squad
Soldiers ignore this adjustment.
2 - Region: Where
your Mission takes Example: A Player Soldier has a Loadout of 12. The
place. Mission has a Loadout penalty of -5. The Soldier’s
Loadout is reduced to 7.
3 - Entrance Cost:
8 - Engage in Hand to Hand: The Action card
The Action card
discard cost to engage a Hostile card in Hand to
discard cost to
Hand combat.
enter the Location.
The higher the
9 - Special Notes: Special notes relating to the
number, the harder
Mission.
it is to Enter the
Location. Example: When you play

mission cards
the Still Waters Mission
4 - Resources: The card, you know the
number of Resource Points you have to build your team Mission will take place in
and equip them for this Mission. the Jungle, you will have
114 Resource Points to
use toward creating your
5 - Time: The number of Game Turns you have to team, you will have 18
complete the Mission. Game Turns to complete
your Objective, which is
6 - Objective: Specifies where to place the Objective card found in Location #9 and
along the Tactical Display Sheet’s Mission Path. there is -5 Loadout to
how much your Soldiers
can carry.

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SELECT YOUR MISSION CARD
Choose a Mission card
belonging to the Region you
selected.
Mission Types
Warfighter features several types of Mission cards. Standard
Mission cards are found in the Core Games. The other Mission
types are found in the Expansion Packs.
Standard Mission
These Mission cards detail a
Standard Mission. Your Soldiers
begin in the Mission card, advance
through a number of Location
cards, and finally enter an
Objective card and overcome the
final obstacle to complete the
Mission.
Escape Mission
Your Soldiers travel through these
Missions backwards. Soldiers
begin in the Objective card and
travel backwards to the Mission
card.
The Objective card begins the
Mission Active. Draw Hostile
cards for the Objective card after
the Advance Mission Timer step
of the first Mission turn.
All Soldiers must be in the
Mission card to complete the
Mission. Soldiers cannot be Removed from these Missions.
All Downed Soldiers are KIA. Some card effects add
Hostiles to Location cards. Do not add Hostiles to the
Mission card.
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In regard to the Keywords Front-most, Rear-most, Beyond,
and Behind, treat the Objective card as being the Mission
card, and the Mission card as being the Objective card.
Shadow War Missions
Place the Insertion card and Extraction card next to the
Mission card. Resolve the Extraction as normal.
Holding Action Mission
Your Soldiers must keep Hostile cards out of the Objective
card throughout the duration of the Mission.
Holding Action Missions have special set-up rules and
Mission rules.
Set-Up
At the start of a Holding Action Mission, place a "Holding
Action Mission. The Front." Mission card in Location #1,
and a "Holding Action Mission. Fallback Position."
Objective card in the Objective's Location.
Draw and place a random Location card for each of the
other Location spaces, and then place all Soldiers in the
Objective card.
During the Mission
Draw a Hostile card for each Location (other than the
Mission and Objective cards) each Soldier Turn after the
Environment step.
Ignore any text on the Hostile cards relating to “Place”.
During the Hostile’s Close Range step, instead of Hostiles
automatically Moving closer to Soldiers, roll a die for each
Hostile. Move the Hostile one Location closer to the
Objective if the roll is 2 higher than the Entrance cost of the
Location it is about to Enter. Do not roll for a Hostile if it has
1 or more Suppress counters.
Example: A Hostile is about to Enter a Location with an
Entrance cost of 3. The Hostile must roll 5 or higher to
Move into that Location.
Perform the Hostile Reinforcement Draw step as normal.
Ignore Hostile abilities and Keywords that adjust the Timer,
Place, or Maintain.
If you have a card effect that can add Mission Time, you
can use it to reduce Mission Time.
Do not perform the Hostile Turn on the last Turn of the
Mission.
subtract 2 Turns from the Mission time.
If there are Hostile cards in play at the end of a Soldier
Turn, end the Mission. You have failed.
To complete the Mission, you must have no Hostile cards
in play at the end of each Soldier Turn, until the end of the
Mission.

If there are Hostile cards in the Objective card at the end of Shore Defense Mission
a Soldier Turn, end the Mission. You have failed.
A Shore Invasion Mission is a
To complete the Mission, you must have no Hostile cards special kind of Mission first
in the Objective card at the end of each Soldier Turn, until appearing in WWII Expansion
the end of the Mission. #43 Shore Invasions.

Hold The Line Mission Shore Invasion

Missions begin
with your
Soldiers in a
Landing Craft
in the Mission
card. You must
fight your way
out of the Mission card,
through the Surf, across the
Beach, and finally to the Objective.

Set-Up

Your Soldiers must keep the Location cards clear of Hostile

cards to complete the Mission.

Set-Up
Begin the Mission with a "Hold the Line Mission. Left
Flank." Mission card in Location #1, a "Hold the Line
Mission. Right Flank." Mission card in the Objective's To set up your Mission, select: a Shore Mission card for
Location, and draw and place a random Location card for Location #1 and a Shore Objective for Location #4.
each of the remaining Locations. Redraw, and keep
redrawing, for any Locations drawn that have a Rein of Also, select a Landing Craft Equipment card, and place it next
"None". to the Mission card.
Place your Soldiers in any of the Location cards, including
the Mission card and Objective card. Purchase your Soldiers and Gear as normal, except you may
not purchase or use Smoke Grenades during the Mission.
During the Mission
Draw a Reinforcement for each Location (checking Once you have completed these steps, draw a random Surf
Reinforment values and Hostile values as normal), Mission Location card for Location #2 and a random Beach Location
(if it has a Reinforcement value), and Objective card each card for Location #3.
Game Turn.
Also, draw Shore Defenses Hostile cards for the Shore
Ignore text on Hostile cards relating to “Place”.
Defenses Objective card.
If you have a card effect that can add Mission Time, you
can use it to reduce Mission Time. Fortifications
If you are using the Fortification expansion, draw a Fortification
Example: The Wrist GPS Equipment card adds 2 extra Turns card for the first Hostile card for the Shore Defenses Objective.
to the Mission Time. If a Soldier equips this, immediately

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Do not use a Fortification Objective. Use the Shore Assault
Objective.

During the Mission

You are now ready to begin.

Any Soldiers in the Mission card suffer the limitations listed on

the Landing Craft card.

Hostile cards do not start in, or Enter, Location cards #1, #2,
or #3. Place, or keep, Hostile cards in the Shore Objective
card.
If you selected Parachutes, refer to the rules on the Parachute
Draw all Reinforcement Hostiles from the normal Hostile deck. Equipment card. All Soldiers must be Equipped with a
Parachute.
The Shore Defenses Objective card and Shore Defenses
Hostile cards begin the Mission Active. If you selected a Glider, refer to the rules on the Glider
Equipment card. All Soldiers must arrive in the Glider.
Airborne Mission
An Airborne Mission is a Shuffle the Landing Zone cards and place the deck next to the
special kind of Mission first Tactical Display Sheet. If you have multiple Airborne
appearing in WWII Expansions expansions, you may combine the Landing Zone cards to
#24, #25, and #40. form a single deck.

Airborne Missions begin with Shuffle the Enemy Lines cards and place the deck next to the
the Soldiers being delivered to Tactical Display Sheet. If you have multiple Airborne
the start of the Mission by expansions, you may combine the Enemy Lines cards to form
either Parachutes, or in a a single deck.
Glider. Once the Mission is
You are now ready to begin.
underway, Airborne forces
must operate behind enemy
During the Mission
lines, cut off from support
forces, until their Mission is
complete. The Landing Zone
and Enemy Lines cards simulate the difficulties of Airborne
Missions.

Set-Up
To perform an Airborne Mission,
select an Airborne Mission card.
Only Airborne Soldiers may
participate in Airborne Missions.
Select Airborne Player Soldiers,
Non-Player Soldiers, and Squad At the start of the 1st Turn, draw a Landing Zone card and
Soldiers as normal. apply its effect. Do not draw Landing Zone cards after the 1st
Turn.
Select an Objective card as
normal. At the start of each Game Turn, starting with the 2nd Turn,
draw and resolve an Enemy Lines card.
Your Soldiers must be delivered
to the Mission card with a Glider,
or with Parachutes. Decide if you
will use a Glider or Parachutes when selecting your forces.

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Fortification Mission
A Fortification Mission is a special kind
of sub-Mission first appearing in WWII
Expansion #45.
Set-Up
Select a normal Mission card and a
Fortification Objective card. Find the
Hostile card that is “Present” on the
Fortification Objective card, and place
it next to the Objective card. Shuffle
the Fortification Hostile cards and
draw one for each Location that will be placed during the
Mission.
JTAC Mission
JTAC (Joint Terminal Attack
Controller) Missions have your
Soldiers using a laser
designator to illuminate a target
for an airborne weapon
platform to destroy with bombs
or missiles.
Some Objective cards have the
“JTAC Attacks only” notation.
These Objectives can only be
Destroyed by JTAC Attacks.

Example: The Objective is in Location #5, so there will be 3

Location cards. Draw 3 Fortification Hostile cards. JTAC Target Designator Card
Required to perform a JTAC Attack
Turn the Fortification Hostile cards face-up and examine them. on an Objective. You must purchase
You are free to examine them at any time throughout the and assign this Gear to a Soldier as
Mission. normal.
During the Mission
When you draw Hostiles for a new
Location, randomly select one of the
Fortification Hostile cards you set
aside. Then, draw the remaining
Hostiles as normal from the Hostile
deck.

Example: You place a Location with a JTAC Attack Platform Card

Hostile value of 5. You draw and place Required to perform a JTAC Attack
a value 1 Fortification card. You then
on an Objective.
draw from the standard Hostile deck,
and draw a value 3 Hostile, and finally
a value 2 Hostile.

If the Fortification card has Overkill, and cannot be placed,

draw a card at random from the unused Fortification Hostile
cards. Continue redrawing until a Fortification Hostile card can
be placed.

JTAC Guidance Counter

Use these counters to record your accumulated
JTAC Guidance Points.

During the Mission

To complete these Missions, you must purchase a JTAC
Target Designator and a JTAC Attack Platform during Set-Up.
You can only perform JTAC Attacks against designated
Objective cards.

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To perform a JTAC Attack, you must move the JTAC Raid Mission
Designator Equipment card within Range of the Objective These are two-part Missions.
card. The Ranges are listed on the Designator card. First, complete the Mission as
specified. You may not select
Once you have the Designator in Range, the equipping an Escape Mission Objective.
Soldier may begin paying Actions to generate Guidance
Points for one designated JTAC Attack Platform. Each time the Once you complete the
Soldier pays an Action, roll a die, reference the chart on the Mission, perform an Escape
Designator cards, and apply the listed modifiers. The result is Mission from the Objective card
the number of Guidance Points generated. Use a JTAC back to the Mission card.
Guidance counter to record the Guidance Points for future
reference. You may spend Actions and accumulate Guidance
Points for one or more Turns.

Only one Designator may generate Guidance Points for each

JTAC Attack Platform.

You must Activate the Objective before you can start Meltdown Mission
generating JTAC Guidance Points against it. These Missions have the
Soldiers racing against an
During the Soldier Turn, you may declare the JTAC Attack impending disaster while trying
Platform’s Attack on the Objective. Doing so is not an Action. to complete the Objective.

Roll the number of Attacks noted on the JTAC Attack Platform Set-Up
card, reference the Attack chart, and apply the Guidance The Mission card designates a
Points’ modifier to each roll. The result of each roll is the Meltdown number “(x)”.
number of Damage Points inflicted on the Objective.
Place the
You Destroy the Objective if you inflict the number of JTAC Meltdown Progress
Attack points of Damage listed on the Objective card. counter on
the noted
For each point of Damage inflicted on the Objective, Eliminate number of the Mission Timer
1 random Hostile in the Objective card. Gain XPs as normal. Track.
Immediately move the Noise counter to the Alarm Sounded Example: The Mission card notes “Meltdown (22)”, place the
space on the Tactical Display Sheet. Meltdown Progress counter on Turn 22 of the Mission Timer
Track.
Roll as noted on the JTAC Attack Platform card for each
Soldier that was at the listed Range from the Objective during During the Mission
the Attack to determine if that Soldier was also Downed by the Each time a Hostile Attacks and does not inflict a
Attack. Wound or Kill, place 1 Meltdown Damage counter
on the Mission card. Also, place 1 Meltdown
Example: You have selected an AN/PED-1 and MQ-9 Reaper for Damage counter on the Mission card for each die
your Mission. Your Soldier moves the AN/PED-1 within 1 rolled for an Explosion Attack (do not do this for Weapons
Location of the Objective. You spend 1 of the Soldier’s Actions
used as a Distraction).
to make a Guidance roll. You roll a 6, and gain 1 Guidance. You
then spend 2 XP to boost the roll to an 8. This gives you 2
points instead of 1. On the Soldier’s next Turn, you spend Each time you advance the Timer counter, advance the
another Action, roll an 8 and get more Guidance Points, for a Meltdown Progress counter a number of spaces equal to the
total of 4. You continue to spend Actions Turn after Turn until number of Meltdown Damage counters that are on the Mission
you have accumulated 10 Guidance Points. You then declare card.
the Reaper Attack. 10 Guidance Points gives you a +2 modifier
on your 2 Reaper rolls. You roll a 5 and 8, which become a 7 Example: There are 3 Meltdown Damage counters on the
and 10, and you inflict 2 Hits on the Objective. Mission card. At the end of the Turn, you advance the Timer
counter 1 space. You also advance the Meltdown Progress
You may only perform 1 JTAC Attack Platform Attack during counter 3 spaces.
the Mission.

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Once you complete the Objective, stop moving the Meltdown
Progress counter as you have completed the Mission.
If the Meltdown Progress counter reaches 0, the target is
destroyed, Down all Soldiers, and you fail the Mission.
Sabotage Mission
These Missions have the
Soldiers tasked with destroying
the target through acts of
sabotage.
These Missions will commonly
be paired with a second
Mission type, such as
Meltdown.
In order to complete these
Missions, the target must be
Destroyed by the means noted
on the Mission card.
Damaging Locations
During Sabotage Missions, your
Soldiers inflict Damage on the
target, usually by using their Hack
and Pick Abilities.
When you place one of these Locations into play,
place an “Unresolved” counter on it.
When you meet the noted condition, flip the
counter to its “Resolved” side.
Example: Referencing the example card shown, if
you make a successful Hack roll, you place 1
Meltdown counter, generate 3 Noise, and flip the counter to its
Resolved side. During Hostile Turns, you will also roll to
determine if a Hostile Technician Arrives in the Location on a
roll of 1 to 5.
Many Sabotage Missions include Hostile cards that can Repair
the damage you have inflicted on Locations. These Hostiles
have the “Repair” ability noted in their card text.
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Technicians enter play in response
to a Location’s “Arrival” Keyword.
During the Hostile Reinforcement
Draw step, roll a die for each
Location with a Resolved counter
and the Arrival Keyword. If the roll is
in the noted range, look through the
Hostile deck, or cards placed off to
the side, and place the noted Hostile
type in the Location.
If the Location already has a noted Arriving Hostile present, do
not roll.
Example: A Location card has “Console Station (Hack, +1),
Success: Place 1 Meltdown Damage counter, and
“Technicians” Arrive (1-5).”
Your Soldier makes a successful Hack roll, triggering the
Success text.
During the next Hostile Reinforcement Draw step, there is no
Technician in the Location. You roll a die and get a 3. You place
a Technicians card in the Location.
During the Hostile Attack step, roll a die for each Technician. If
they roll a Successful Repair, flip the counter from its Resolved
side back to its Unresolved side, and undo the Success effect
you inflicted.
Example: The Technicians card has a Repair 6+/8+ notation.
The Location has a Resolved counter and due to the Success
text, you placed a Meltdown Damage counter on the Mission
card. You roll during the Hostile Attack step for the Technicians
and get a 7. The Technicians succeed and flip the counter
back to Unresolved, and discard 1 Meltdown Damage counter
from the Mission card. If the Technicians had suffered a
Suppress or EKIA, they would have needed an 8+ to succeed.
Treat Technicians as normal Hostiles when Attacking them.
A Repaired Location may be Damaged/Resolved by your
Soldiers again, as before. If you do, roll for Arrival as normal.
This repeats until the end of the Mission.
Sabotage (Meltdown) Mission
The Soldiers must perform the activities noted on the Location
cards to set the Meltdown Progress counter in motion. To
complete the Mission successfully, the Meltdown Progress
counter must reach 0, and your Soldiers must be Extracted
before the Timer and Meltdown counters reach 0.
Example: The Mission card has the Sabotage (Meltdown)
Mission type. The Soldiers must arrange for the target to be
Destroyed by Meltdown Progress, and they must be
successfully Extracted before the Meltdown and Timer
counters reach 0.
Set-Up K9 Encounters
Set up the Mission as normal. Place the K9 Encounter cards next
to the Hostile deck. Before you
During the Mission place a new Location’s Hostile
Resolve the Mission as normal. You may Move your Soldiers cards, draw 1 card from the K9
to the Extraction card, and attempt to Extract them at any time. Encounter deck. The number in the
top right corner shows the Hostile
If the target has not been Destroyed when the Timer counter value of that K9 Encounter.
reaches 0, continue resolving Turns for Technician Arrival,
Repair attempts, and Meltdown Progress to determine if the If a Handler and their K9 are the first
Technicians can prevent the Meltdown Progress counter from Soldiers to Enter the card, roll on
reaching 0. the K9 Encounter card. If all rolls are
successful, gain the noted Reward. If any roll fails, suffer the
Assault Mission Failure.
You may declare any type of Mission to be an Assault Mission.
Shuffle and place the Fortifications deck within easy reach. Do not gain XP for the Encounter’s Hostile value.
Fortifications first appeared in WWII Expansion #45. You must
select an Assault Objective. The first Hostile placed for each If a Soldier other than a Handler and their K9 is the first to
Location must come from the Fortifications deck. Enter, the K9 Encounter card rolls are automatically failed.

When a Soldier Enters a Location with a K9 Encounter, the

K9 Mission
top-most note designates whether the K9 or the Handler must
If a K9 Soldier is
perform the first roll.
taken on a
Mission, shuffle
K9 Soldiers have 4 Ability Modifiers: Bomb, Friendly, Rescue,
and place the
and Threat. When a K9 performs a roll, apply the number in
K9 Encounter
the parentheses.
deck next to the
Hostile deck. Example: This Encounter’s first roll has a (Bomb, -1) notation.
Gizmo succeeds on a Bomb roll of 5 or higher. This Encounter
Each pair of
has a -1 modifier. Therefore, Gizmo must roll a 6 or higher to
Handler and K9
succeed on the roll.
cards have the
same photo and note. You cannot take a K9 with a Soldier Some rolls have conditional modifiers.
who is not their Handler. A Handler can participate in a
Mission without their K9. Example: In the “Buried Explosive” Encounter, under the K9
roll, you may pay 1 Discipline to add 4 to your roll. Under the
Do not Draw Hostile Targeting counters for K9 Soldiers. Handler roll, there are multiple modifiers. The first allows you to
pay an XP to add 1 to your roll, and the second allows you to
A Handler and their K9 must always be in the same Location. discard 2 cards to add 3 to your roll. If you can meet the
modifier, you can pay it, and gain the bonus.
When a Handler performs a Move, the K9 must also perform
the Move at the same time. The Handler pays the Entrance
You do not have to use the modifiers if you can meet their
costs for both Handler and K9. If the Handler cannot pay both
requirements. You must pay the requirements before
costs, the pair cannot Move.
performing each roll.
K9 Soldiers do not have Actions. K9 Soldiers do not pay
Some Encounter cards give you a choice if you fail a roll. For
Actions to Move. K9 Soldiers cannot perform Attacks against
these cards, you can either accept the minor harmful effect, or
Hostiles.
try a fresh Ability roll, at the risk of suffering a major harmful
effect

Example: Wong and Gizmo are in Location #2. Wong places a

new Location with a total Hostile value of 5. You start by
drawing a K9 Encounter. The K9 Encounter is “Buried
Explosive”. Do not draw other Hostile cards until you resolve

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this card. The Location has an Entrance cost of 5. Wong must K9 Objectives
discard 2 cards to Enter for himself, and 1 card for Gizmo, If a K9 is brought on a Mission, you
totaling 3 discards. Wong can decide to Ignore the Encounter. must choose one of the K9
On a roll of 3 or higher, the Encounter is discarded. On a roll of Objectives. Upon successfully
a 2 or less, Wong would suffer the Failure text on the resolving the Objective, the
Encounter. Mission is complete.

Wong decides not to Ignore the Encounter. The first roll is

made by the K9, and it is a Bomb type roll. Gizmo has a Bomb
5+, meaning he succeeds on a 5 or higher. This Encounter
has a -1 modifier decreasing Gizmo’s chance of success to a
6+. Gizmo can pay 1 Discipline to add 4 to the roll. You decide
to pay the Discipline and perform the roll. Gizmo rolls a 4, and
adds 4 due to paying the Discipline, totaling 8. As this total is 6
or higher, Gizmo succeeds on the roll. Placing the Mission Card
Place your selected Mission card on the Tactical Display
Next, is a Handler roll, so Wong must roll his Handler skill of a Sheet on the Location #1 Mission card space on the
7+. Wong discards 2 cards to add 3 to his roll, but decides not Mission Path.
to pay the XP. Including the +3 modifier, Wong rolls a 9, and
succeeds. He gains the Reward listed on the card. Put the other Mission
cards aside, as you will
If he had rolled a 2 + 3 = 5, he would have failed. At this point not use them during this
you can either accept the Failure result and have Wong and Mission.
Gizmo each suffer 1 Wound, or you can have Gizmo make a
new K9 attempt. To do so, Gizmo needs to roll a 5 or higher
with a -1 modifier, a 6+ to succeed. You must pay another
Discipline if you would like the +4 modifier on this roll. If the The number of Turns
roll succeeds, you gain the Reward, if it fails, you suffer the you have to complete
Failure text and both Wong and Gizmo are Killed. your Mission is found on
your Mission card.
Discipline
K9 Soldiers have the Discipline Place the Timer counter
Stat. Discipline gives the K9 on the Mission Timer
bonuses on most K9 Encounters. Track on the Tactical
At the start of the 1st Turn, place Display Sheet.
Discipline counters on the K9 card
equal to the K9’s Discipline Stat. When a note
says to pay Discipline, expend the Discipline amount from
Example: If the Mission card
your K9. specifies “Time: 18”, then
place the Timer counter on the
Handler Ability “18” on the Mission Timer
All Handler Soldiers have a Handler Track.
Ability. In order to complete some K9
Encounters, the Handler must roll their
Handler Ability or higher.

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 1 - Objective: Example: The Reinforce value is 0-1. You draw a
The conditions
that must be met
0 Hostile card during the Draw Reinforcement step
and check its Experience value. If the value is 0 or
1, add the Hostile card to the Location. If it is any
to complete this
Mission.
F other value, discard the Hostile.

Lone Soldier
3 - Engage in Hand to Hand: The Action cost to engage
Some Objectives in Hand to Hand combat.
have Keywords
describing what 4 - Hostiles: The total value of Hostile cards that appear
you must do to
complete the
Mission. These
1 when you Activate this card is based on your Team’s
current Resource Point value.

are found in the Example: When you Activate the River Crossing Objective,
Keyword sheet. your Team's current Resource Point value is 114. When
drawing Hostiles, you check the Hostiles table and see that
having 100-124 Resource Points causes you to draw 9
2 - Reinforce:
objective cards

points of Hostiles.
The exact point value of Hostile cards that can arrive in
this Location.

Choose an Place the Inactive counter on the Objective card.

Objective card from
your selected
Region.

Place it on the
Still Waters Ent 0Location number
specified on the
Jungle
Mission card.
=MISSION=

Example: The2Still Waters

Resources: 114 Mission card specifies
Time: 18 “Objective: #9”. Place the
Objective: #9 selected Objective card on the
Loadout: ‐5 #9 space on the Tactical
Display Sheet.

Place the other Objective cards aside, as you will

not use them during this Mission.

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1 - Nation: Indicates the Soldier’s Nation.
2 - Name of Soldier: Only one instance of each Soldier
card can be purchased for a Mission.
Example: You have 2 copies of Player Soldier Duncan. Only Example: An M1 Carbine costs 2 Resource Points. It
1 copy of Duncan can be used in a Mission. M1903A4hasScoped
Rifle
3 – Resource Cost: The cost in Resource Points to select
this Soldier.
4 - Movement: The Movement value reduces the number of
Action cards that the Soldier has to pay toward a Location
card's Entrance cost. Other Player Soldiers cannot discard
Action cards for your Player Soldier.
Example: A Location has an
Entrance cost of 4 and your
ght Jungle Ent 4 Soldier has a Movement value
of 2. You would only need to
in: 0-1 Jungle
discard 2 Action cards to
Enter the Location.
5 - Terrain Cover: Hostiles must roll this number or higher
on a 6-sided die to Defeat the Soldier’s Terrain Cover during
an Attack.
Example: A Hostile is attacking Player Soldier Duncan. The
Hostile must roll a 2 or higher on a 6-sided die to overcome
Duncan’s Terrain Cover.
2 Some Location cards will also refer to an Ability as part
6 - Soldier’s Health: A Soldier can hold a number of Action
cards equal to the Health value. Each Wound a Soldier
suffers reduces the Health (and Hand Size) by one card.
If the Player Soldier ever reaches 0 Health, the Soldier is
Down (incapacitated) and can no longer participate in the
Mission.
player soldiers
7 - Soldier’s Loadout: A Soldier can only hold
Weapons and Equipment up to the noted Loadout
value. A card’s Resource cost is also its Loadout
weight unless otherwise noted.
a Loadout weight of 2.
Ranged
Example: An M1 Rifle has a
1939 2 Resource cost of 2, but as noted on
Loadout 4 its card, it has a Loadout weight of 4.
8 - Soldier’s Hand to Hand (HtH) Skill: Modifies a
Soldier’s Hand to Hand Attack rolls.
Example: Duncan adds 1 to his Hand to Hand Attack
rolls.
9 - Soldier’s Skills and Abilities (if any): Any of the
Soldier’s inherent Skill cards and Abilities are listed
6
here. .30-06
Ammo
Example: Duncan freely starts the game equipped with
the Gung Ho and Hip Shooter skills, draws 1 Action
card at the start of each turn due to Combat Experience,
and starts with 1 Hardy (Hot) counter.
Soldier inherent Abilities include: CX, XP, Shadows,
Pick, and Hack. To purchase some Skill cards, the
Soldier must have the noted Ability as a pre-requisite.
of the card’s text. Abilities are defined on the Keywords
sheet.
The stated RP cost of the Soldier includes all the Skills
and Abilities listed on the card, and these do not have
to be added or calculated as a separate cost.
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 non-player soldiers
Non-Player Soldiers (NPS) start the game with the
Weapons, Skills, and Equipment cards noted on their
cards. They do not have a hand of Action cards. You
choose how they use their Actions each Soldier Turn.
1 - Nation: Indicates the Soldier’s Nation.
2 – Name of Soldier: Only one instance of each Non-
Player Soldier card can be purchased for a Mission.
Example: You have 2 copies of NPS Nurke. Only 1
copy of Nurke can be used in a Mission.
3 – Resource Cost: The cost in Resource Points to
select this Soldier. All their Weapons, Equipment, and
Skills are included in the NPS’s cost.
4 - Movement: Since a Non-Player Soldier does not
have a hand of Action cards, if the Movement value is
less than a Location’s Entrance cost, Player Soldiers
on the team must discard their Action cards for the
Soldier to enter the Location card.
Example: Non-Player
Soldier Nurke is
ht Jungle Ent 4
Entering the Light
Jungle Location card.
0-1 Jungle
The Light Jungle has an Entrance cost of 4 and Nurke
has a Movement value of 1. Player Soldiers must
discard 3 Action cards so Nurke can enter the Light
Jungle Location.
5 - Terrain Cover: Hostiles must roll this number or
higher on a 6-sided die to Defeat the Soldier’s Terrain
Cover during an Attack.
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6 - Soldier’s Health and Actions: Each NPS receives
Actions to use each Soldier Turn based on the current
Health. The numbers in the top row show the Soldier’s
current Health. The numbers in the “Actions” row show how
many Actions the Soldier can use.
Example: Nurke begins with 2 Health. Whilst he has 2 Health
he gets 2 Actions each turn. When he is reduced to 1
Health, he only gets 1 Action each turn.
If the Non-Player Soldier ever reaches 0 Health, the Soldier
is Down (incapacitated) and can no longer participate in the
Mission.
7 - Soldier’s Weapons, and Equipment: A Non-Player
Soldier has only the Skills, Weapons, and Equipment listed
on the card.
Whomever is playing the Non-Player Soldier can choose
which of the Soldier’s Weapons to use for an Attack.
You cannot purchase extra Ammo for a Non-Player Soldier,
but you can pass Ammo to the Non-Player Soldier during
the Mission, and the Non-Player Soldier can pass Ammo to
other Player Soldiers and Non-Player Soldiers.
A Non-Player Soldier can never have more Ammo than the
Weapon originally held.
8 - Soldier’s Abilities and Skills (if any): Any of the
Soldier’s Abilities and Skill cards are listed here.
9 - Soldier’s Hand to Hand (HtH) Skill: Modifies a
Soldier’s Hand to Hand Attack rolls.
 squad soldiers
Squad Soldier cards do not have Action cards, Weapon 5 - Terrain Cover: Hostiles must roll this number or
cards, Skill cards, or Equipment cards. higher on a 6-sided die to Defeat the Soldier’s Terrain
Cover during an Attack.
They can only use the information on their cards which may
include Weapon cards, Skill cards, and Equipment cards. 6 - Health, Actions, and Attacks: As a Squad Soldier
suffers Wounds, the Soldier's Actions decrease, and
1 - Nation: Indicates the Soldier’s Nation. the Soldier's chances to successfully Attack also
decrease.
2 – Name of Soldier: Only one instance of each Squad
Soldier card can be purchased for a Mission. Example: Squad Soldier
Westlake has 2 Health,
Example: You have 2 copies of Squad Westlake. Only 1 copy and he has 3 Actions to
use during the Soldier
of Westlake can be used in a Mission.
Turn. His Hit number is 6
at Range 0.
3 – Resource Cost: The cost in Resource Points to select
this Soldier. If the Squad Soldier
ever reaches 0 Health,
4 - Movement: Since a Squad Soldier does not have a
the Soldier is Down
hand of Action cards, if the Movement value is less than a
(incapacitated) and can
Location’s Entrance cost, other Player Soldiers on the team
no longer participate in
must discard their Action cards for the Soldier to enter the
the Mission.
Location card.
Squad Soldiers never
Example: Squad Soldier Westlake is Entering the Light
Jungle Location card. run out of Ammo, and
never make Hand to Hand Attacks.
The Light Jungle has an Entrance cost of 4 and Westlake
has a Movement Skill of 2. Player Soldiers must discard 2 7 - Soldier’s Special Ability (if any): Any special
Action cards so Westlake can enter the Light Jungle ability information is noted here.
Location.

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1 - Name of Weapon: Shows the military
weapon cards
designation and its Weapon type.
2 - Nation: Choose Weapon cards matching your
Soldier’s flag.
3 - Weapon Keyword: All Weapons have a
Keyword, such as Ranged, Thrown, or Melee.
These Keywords are referenced on Action cards,
Equipment cards, and Skill cards. If an Action card
modifies the Weapon’s title or Keywords, then the
Weapon gains the noted benefits.
Example: You are
using an M1903A4
Scoped Rifle with
the Ranged
Keyword. You can use the Steady Aim Action card
to improve its Attack.
4 - Resource Cost: The cost in Resource Points to
equip your Soldier with this Weapon. Unless
otherwise noted on the Weapon card, this value is
also the Weapon’s Loadout weight.
If the Weapon’s Loadout weight is different from
the Resource Cost, the Loadout weight will be
displayed under the Resource cost.
When you purchase a Weapon card for a Player
Soldier, pay its Resource cost and place it next to
your Soldier card face up on the table. It remains
with you throughout the Mission unless it is
expended, passed, or dropped.
M1903A4 Scoped
Rifle Ranged Example: The M1903A4
Scoped Rifle costs 2
1939 2 Resource Points and has a
Loadout 4 Loadout of 4.
5 - Weapon Range: The distance between your Soldier and the
target.
A Weapon may be able to Engage a Hostile at:
Range 0 - in the same Location card as your Soldier.
Range 1 - one Location card away from your Soldier.
Range 2 - two Location cards away from your Soldier.
When you declare an Attack, declare which of your Weapons you
are using and which Hostile you are Attacking.
To use a Weapon, the Hostile must be within the Weapon’s
Range.
6 - Reload #’s: If any of your Attack rolls are equal to or less
than the Weapon’s Reload number, your Weapon has run out of
Ammo during the Attack. You cannot use the Weapon again until
you Reload it.
7 - Hit #’s: When you make an Attack, if you roll this number or
higher on any of the 10-sided Attack dice after adjusting for
modifiers, you have Hit your target. Your Hit number is based on
your Range to the target.
Example: When using an M1903A4 Scoped Rifle at Range 0, you
will Hit when you roll a 9 or higher. At Range 1 you will Hit on an 8
or higher.
8 - Fire Mode: You can freely choose the Fire Mode you want to
use for your Weapon. The number after each Mode designates
the number of 10-sided dice you roll for the Attack.
Semi - Roll 1 10-sided die. A Semi Attack represents one or more
single shots.
Bolt - Roll 1 10-sided die. A Bolt Attack represents one single
shot but is slower, requiring a Discard to fire each time after the
first shot in a turn.
Burst - Roll 2 10-sided dice. A Burst Attack represents short
controlled bursts of bullets.
Auto - Roll 3 10-sided dice. An Auto Attack represents a
continuous stream of bullets.
Example: Using an M1903A4 Scoped Rifle at Range 0, I choose
the Bolt Mode and roll 1 die. I get a 9. Since my roll is 9 or higher,
I have Hit the target.
9 - Ammo: The Ammo type used by the Weapon and the number
of Ammo counters the Weapon starts with.
10 - Special Rules (if any): Any special notes relating to the
Weapon. Additional Keywords can also be found here, such as
Single Shot, Expended, etc. Consult the Keyword sheet for
details on these Keywords.
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 1 - Melee Keyword: Strong - Roll 1 10-sided die. A Strong Attack
Can only be used in represents a focused, powerful Attack.

melee cards
Hand to Hand
Combat. Combo - Roll 2 10-sided dice. A Combo Attack
represents a series of Attacks.
2 - Special Rules
(if any): Any special Aimed - Roll 1 10-sided die. An Aimed Attack
notes relating to the represents a well-aimed Attack.
Weapon. Additional
Keywords can also 4 - Attack Details: Details any additional special rules
be found here. for the Weapon.

3 - Mode: You can

freely choose the
Attack Mode you
want to use for your
Weapon with each
Attack.

When you purchase an Example: Camouflage

Equipment card, pay its gives you a chance to
Resource Point cost and stop Hostiles from

equipment cards
targeting you during
place it next to your each Hostile Turn.
Player Soldier card face
up on the table. It
remains with you
throughout the Mission
unless expended,
passed, dropped, or
discarded.

1 - Card Title: A
description of the
Equipment.

2 - Resource Cost and Loadout Weight: The cost in

Resource Points to equip your Soldier with this Equipment.
Unless stated otherwise on the Equipment card, this value
is also the Equipment’s Loadout weight.

3 - Card Effect: Costs that must be paid to gain the

Equipment card’s effect. The card’s effect can be used
whenever it is applicable.

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 has a Loadout of 4.

3 - Equipping Limitations: If a Soldier card lists a specific

type Armor card, you must Equip the Soldier with the Armor.
Because the Armor is listed on the Soldier card, its RP cost
has been included in the Soldier’s purchase cost.

If a Soldier card does not list an Armor type, you may Equip
the Soldier with any one Armor card.

4 - Coverage and Protection: The “Loc.” column shows the

Body Locations protected by the Armor. The number under
the Cover Arc shows the Cover value provided for those Body
Locations. For visual reference:

Area Body Location

1 Head
2 Face
3 Neck
armor cards

Update: This is a new rule section for Warfighter! Up 4-6 Shoulders

until this rulebook, it was assumed that a Soldier’s 7-9 Chest
Cover value was a combination of their ability to use 10-12 Stomach
terrain for cover, as well as the protection offered by 13 Right Upper Arm
their body armor. 14 Right Lower Arm/Hand
15 Left Upper Arm
Going forward, a Soldier’s Cover rating strictly refers 16 Left Lower Arm/Hand
to their ability to use terrain cover. We are now 17 Right Upper Leg
providing Equipment Armor cards for Soldiers 18 Right Lower Leg/Foot
wishing to wear Armor. 19 Left Upper Leg
20 Left Lower Leg/Foot
We have included Modern Armor Equipment cards in
the Update card pack, as well as in the new The same information displayed in a different format...
Warfighter products.

1 - Type of Armor: Shows the military designation for

the Armor.

2 - Resource Cost: The cost in Resource Points to

equip your Soldier with this Armor. Unless otherwise
noted on the card, this value is also the Armor’s
Loadout weight.

If the Armor’s Loadout weight is different from the

Resource Cost, the Loadout weight will be displayed
under the Resource cost.

When you purchase an Armor card for a Player

Soldier, pay its Resource cost and place it next to
your Soldier card face up on the table. It remains with
you throughout the Mission unless it is expended,
passed, or dropped.

Example: The IBA Kevlar costs 2 Resource Points and

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Example: IBA Kevlar protects Body Locations 4 to 12 with a
Cover value of 3.

5 - Special Rules: Any special rules pertaining to the Armor.

Example: IBA Kevlar reduces the Soldier’s Movement value by

1.

6 - Equipping Limitation: A Soldier may only wear one Armor

of each Coverage type at the same time.

Example: IBA Kevlar is Torso Armor. A Soldier may only Equip 1

Torso Armor card at a time.

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 Skill cards permanently
enhance your Soldier.
skill cards
When you purchase a
Skill card, pay its
Resource cost and place
it next to your Soldier
card face up on the
table. It remains with the
Soldier throughout the
Mission.
Skills have no weight,
and therefore do not
count toward your
Loadout limit.
1 - Name of Skill: A description of the Skill.
2 - Resource Cost: The cost in Resource Points to equip
your Player Soldier with this Skill.
service record cards
1 - Nation:
Only Soldiers
from this Nation
can use this
card.
2 - Region: For
flavor only. This
is where the
battle took
place.
3 - Resource
Cost: The cost
in Resource
Points to equip
your Soldier with this Skill. These do not have a
Loadout cost.
4 - Soldier Type: Each Service Record card
designates which type of Soldier can be equipped
with this card. Some Service Record cards cannot be
equipped by Vehicles.
Example: This card can be purchased for a Player
Soldier (PS), a Non-Player Soldier (NPS), and a Squad
Soldier (SQ).
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3 - Card Effect: Pay any costs to gain the Skill card’s
effect. The card’s effect can be used whenever it is
applicable.
Soldiers are limited to one Skill card of each title.You
cannot pass Skill cards between Soldiers.The number
of Skill cards in the game does not limit what your
team can purchase.
Some Non-Player Soldiers and Squad Soldiers come
with listed Skills. These work exactly the same as for
Player Soldiers.
Some Skill cards reference other Skill card titles.
Example: In order to purchase Sharpshooter, you must
first purchase Marksman.
5 - Battle: Each card shows the name of the battle, and the
date the battle took place. You can only equip a Soldier with
one Service Record that takes place during a specified time.
Service Records dates cannot overlap.
Example: You purchase the Battle
of Kokoda for your Player Soldier.
The battle took place in July 1942.
You cannot purchase other Service
Record cards that happened in this time period.
6 - Skills: Each Service Record shows the abilities gained
by the Soldier.
Each card designates how
many times during the
Mission each ability can be
used. Place the specified
number of counters A, B,
and C on each Service
Record card.
When an ability is used,
discard the counter.
A Soldier can have any
number of Service Records, as long as they do not overlap
Battle dates.
Service Record cards are located in the Ammo Box decks
and various Expansions.
PURCHASING YOUR CARDS
The decisions you make here will go a long way to
determining your Mission’s success. It is important to spend
some time on this.
You purchase Soldiers, Weapons, Equipment, Service
Records, and Skill cards with the Resource Points noted on
your Mission card.
You must purchase at least one Player Soldier for your
Mission.
Distribute the Resource Points between players in any way
agreeable to all the players. You do not have to spend all the
Resource Points.
The “Resources” number on the Mission card shows the
maximum number of Resource Points you can spend.
Example: The Still Waters Mission
card specifies “Resources: 114”.
You can spend no more than 114
Resource Points in total.
The Loadout modifier specified on
the Mission card applies to each
of your Player Soldiers. It modifies the amount of Weapons,
Ammunition, and Equipment they can carry on their Mission.
Example: The Mission card specifies
“Loadout: -5”. A Player Soldier with a Loadout
value of 12 can only carry 7 Loadout points of
Weapons, Equipment, and spare Ammunition
on this Mission.
Weapons, Skills, and Equipment
What your Soldiers take with them into the Mission is usually
all they will have to succeed or fail with.
Some Locations, Action cards, and Equipment allow for mid-
Mission resupply.
The number of actual Weapon, Equipment, Service Record,
and Skill cards in the game does not limit what your team can
purchase.
Example: 2 Soldiers both want the M1918A2 Machine Gun, but
there is only 1 M1918A2 card in the game. Both Soldiers can
purchase and use the Weapon. Both Soldiers can reference
the card while keeping track of their own Ammo usage.
If you run out of Ammo during the Mission, your chances of
survival are low. Equip accordingly.
Player Soldiers may freely drop Weapon or Equipment cards
in a Location. The cards remain in the Location in case other
Player Soldiers want to pick them up.
You can freely pass Weapon and Equipment cards between
Player Soldiers in the same Location card as long as the
Weapons and Equipment do not exceed the receiving Player
Soldier’s Loadout. Weapons and Equipment may not be
passed if they have been used this Turn.
Example: A Player Soldier is equipped with the M1903A4
Scoped Rifle. He fires it once, so he cannot pass it to another
Player Soldier this Turn.
You may not pass Weapon or Equipment cards to or from
Non-Player Soldiers or Squad Soldiers, but you may pass the
same type of Ammo between Player Soldiers and Non-Player
Soldiers (see section below.)
Weapon Ammo
Each Weapon uses a specific type of Ammo.
When you purchase a Weapon, place the specified number of
Ammo counters on the Weapon card.
Example: The M1 Rifle begins the
Mission with 5 Ammo counters.
If you roll a Reload result, turn the Weapon’s top
Ammo counter over to its Empty side. You must
spend an Action to remove the Empty counter
from your Weapon card and reveal the next Ammo
counter. You cannot attack with that Weapon until you have
Reloaded (removed the Empty Ammo counter).
You cannot Attack with a Weapon if it has no remaining Ammo
counters.
You can only use Ammo that is specific to the Weapon you are
using.
Example: Your Weapon uses .30 caliber Ammo. Your Weapon
may only receive Ammo from another Weapon that is also .30
caliber.
Several Weapons use the same type of Ammo. As long as the
Ammo type is the same, you can freely pass Ammo counters
between Player and Non-Player Soldiers in the same Location
card during the Soldier Turn.
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Purchasing Extra Ammo
You can purchase extra
Ammo for Player Soldier
Weapons before a Mission.
Each extra Ammo purchase
costs 1 Resource Point and 1
Loadout point. Buying extra
Ammo gives you a number of During the game, as you spend each Action
Ammo counters equal to the during a turn, flip the Action counter to its Used
number noted on the Weapon side.
card that you are purchasing extra Ammo for.
Flip all Action counters to their unused sides at the
Example: When you purchase extra Ammo for the M1 Rifle, you start of each Soldier Turn.
gain an additional 5 Ammo counters for a cost of 1 Resource
point and 1 Loadout point.

COUNTERS TEAM SELECTION EXAMPLE

Once you have chosen and equipped your team,
assign each Soldier a number.

Place one copy of

each Soldier’s
Identification counter
on your Soldier card.
Place the matching
Identification counter
on the Mission card.

All Soldiers begin

each Mission in the
Example: I purchase Player Soldier Duncan who comes with 1
Mission card. Hardy (Hot), Gung Ho, and Hip Shooter. I’m loading him with an
M2 Carbine, a M1919 Tripod, and a Mk2 Grenade. I am also
This is an easy way to remember which counter represents giving him the skills Veteran, Leadership, Rifleman, Close
each Soldier. Combat, and Guts.

Example: When I move the #1 counter on the Tactical Display Next, I choose Non-Player Soldier Nurke, loaded with 2 XP, an
Sheet, I know I am moving Player Soldier Duncan. M1919 Machine Gun, the Machine Gunner Skill, and a Mk2
Grenade.
Place each Soldier’s 4 Hostile
Targeting counters in a cup. Finally, I add Squad Soldier Westlake who comes with the Skill
Gung Ho.
Example: You have chosen Player
Soldier Duncan, Non-Player This team costs a total of 62 Resource Points.
Soldier Nurke, and Squad Soldier
Westlake. You place the 4 copies
of the Hostile Targeting counters
#1,#2, and #3 into a cup.

Place 1 Action counter next to each Soldier card for each of

the Soldier’s Actions.

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All Player Soldiers have a hand of Action cards. Keep each
Player Soldier’s hand of cards separate.
When you play an Action card, apply the effects of the card,
and then place it in the discard pile. You can play as many
Action cards from your hand as you like during the Soldier
Turn.
You may play multiple Action cards for a single attack.
Example: You are about to Attack, so you play a Steady Aim
to gain +2 on your Rifle Attack. You play a second Steady
Some Action cards refer to “Stealth” Attacks. You must
have a Weapon with the Stealth Keyword to perform a
Stealth Attack.
UPGUNNING
Whenever there is a bracket [ ] in an
Action and Skill card’s text, you can pay 1
Experience Point to “Upgun” the card.
Upgunning a card lets you use the bonus
effects in all of the card’s brackets.

playing action cards

Aim to gain a total of +4. Example: A Steady
Aim card allows you
You can always draw Action cards due to a card effect, to add 2 to your
even if the draw puts you in excess of your Hand Size. Your Attack roll. If you
choose to “Upgun”
ability to draw a card is only limited during a “Discard and
the card, you pay 1
Draw Cards” Action. XP to use the benefit
in the brackets and add 4 to your Attack roll instead of
You never need to discard Action cards due to having too 2.
many cards in your hand.
Some Action cards
PLAYING ACTION CARDS say “You [any
Soldier]”. This
You can play Action cards means the card can
only during the Soldier Turn be played to benefit
unless noted otherwise on the Soldier, or it can
the Action card. be Upgunned to benefit another Soldier.

Example: You can play a Reloading card during the

Soldier Turn to Reload a Weapon for yourself or Upgun
it to Reload a Weapon for another Soldier.

If the Action card does

not say “[any
Soldier]”, the card can
only benefit the Player
Soldier that plays it.

Some Action cards can only Example: You can only

be played when a specific play a Steady Aim card
for yourself .
condition occurs. These
conditions might occur at
Any Soldier can
any time. You can play more
contribute Experience
than one card in reaction to
Points to Upgun a
a condition.
card.
Example: Play a Take Cover
card when your Soldier is
about to suffer Wounds from
an Attack roll.

Some Action cards have an

Experience Point cost to
play. Any Soldier can contribute Experience Points to pay
the cost.

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 Paying 1
Experience Point
Trail Blazing
Upguns all the
Brackets on a card.
Example: You can play a Trail
Blazing card for your Player
Soldier and reduce a Location’s
Entrance cost by 2. Or you can
Upgun it to reduce the Entrance
Play when you [any Soldier] cost by 4, and you can play it
are the first Soldier to enter a
for either your Player Soldier, or
Location. After you discard to
Enter, permanently reduce its another Soldier.
Entrance cost by 2[4].
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KEYWORD MATCHING
Some Action cards will only benefit a Weapon with a matching
Keyword.
Example: You are using an
M1 Rifle with the Ranged
Keyword. You can use the
Steady Aim Action card to
improve your Attack.
Example: You could not
use a Steady Aim to improve a Grenade’s Attack because the
Grenade does not have the Ranged Keyword.
SUPPORT ACTION CARDS
Some Action cards have the
word Support next to their
discard cost.
Support Action cards require
Action cards to be discarded
by the Soldier playing the card.
Discard the number of Action
cards noted in the top right
corner of the card and place
the Support card next to your
Soldier.
Other Player Soldiers cannot
discard cards to meet this requirement.
Support cards do not benefit from Soldier Skills and Action
cards.
Example: You play a Mortar Support Action card to Attack a
Hostile card. Even though the Mortar Support inflicts Explosion
Attacks, you cannot play Action cards that enhance Explosion
Attacks.
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These cards can be kept in play for more than one Turn.
Once the Support card is in play, you gain its benefit. At
the end of each Soldier Turn, you can choose to either
discard the card, or pay its Retain cost in Experience
Points. If you Retain the card, you can use the card’s
effect again during the next Turn.
Example: I play the Sniper Support Action card and
discard 2 Action cards from my hand. At the end of the
Soldier Turn, I pay 2 Experience Points to Retain the card.
Any Soldier can contribute to the XP Retain cost of a
Support card.
Example: I discard 2
cards to put a Sniper
Support card into
play. I use it to Kill a
Hostile on a Hostile
card with a value of 0
or 1. At the end of
the Soldier Turn,
another Soldier and I each spend 1 Experience Point to
Retain the Sniper Support card for another Turn. Since the
Sniper Support card is already in play, I do not have to
discard more cards to keep it in play.
Only cards with a “Retain” Keyword can be Retained.
COVERT ACTION CARDS
Some Action cards have
the word Covert next to
Camouflage
their discard cost.
Covert 1
Covert Action cards focus
on the stealthy and silent
aspects of warfare.
Covert Action cards
require Action cards to be
Play when you [any Soldier]
declare an Attack. Treat a discarded by the Soldier
Screened target as being
playing the card.
Unscreened for the Attack.
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Discard the number of
Action cards noted in the
top right corner to play the Covert card.
No other Player Soldier can discard cards to meet this
requirement.
 SEQUENCE OF PLAY
Initial Action Cards Perform the following steps each Mission Turn until the
Each Player Soldier has a hand of Action Cards that they Mission is successfully completed or fails:
draw, hold, play, or discard during the game.

Each Player
SOLDIER TURN
Soldier’s Hand Roll for Environment
Size is equal to the By paying an Action, a Soldier can:
Soldier’s current
Health. Remove 1 Suppress
Move
Draw Action Cards Attack
for each Player
Reload
Soldier equal to
the Soldier’s Discard and Draw
Health. Engage in Hand to Hand*

*May require more than 1 Action

Soldiers can also freely do the following Activities:

Play an Action Card*

Play a Location Card*
Activate the Objective Card
Pass Gear to other Soldiers
Lighten the Load
Pay Retain Costs

*May cost an Action if stated on the card

HOSTILE TURN
Reinforcement Draw
Hostiles Attack
Hostiles Close Range
Hostiles Remove Suppress Counters
Advance Mission Timer

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 All Player Soldiers have 2 Actions that can be spent
each Soldier Turn, unless otherwise noted on their
cards.
Non-Player Soldiers and Squad Soldiers have their
Actions listed on their cards.
Soldiers can play cards, use Equipment, declare
Attacks, and perform Actions in any order.
RELOADING
Spend 1 Action to remove an Empty Ammo counter from a
Weapon. If the Weapon has any remaining Ammo counters,
the Weapon is Reloaded and can be used.
Only Player Soldiers and Non-Player Soldiers may perform
this Action.

Soldiers cannot give their Actions to other Soldiers.

DISCARD AND DRAW
Spend 1 Action to discard any number of cards from your
Hand, and then Draw cards until you reach your Soldier’s
REMOVE 1 SUPPRESS current Hand Size.

Spend 1 Action to remove 1 Suppress Only Player Soldiers may perform this Action.
soldier actions

counter from your Soldier.

If there are one or more Suppress ENGAGE IN HAND TO HAND

counters on a Soldier's card, the Soldier may
only use Actions to remove the Suppress
counters until none remain on the card. The
Soldier may also play Action cards that do not
require an Action.
Spend the number of Actions indicated on the
Location card to Engage a Hostile card at
Range 0 in Hand to Hand Combat.

MOVE
Spend 1 Action to Move to
an adjacent Location card.

Your Soldier will always be in

a Location card.

Each Soldier can only Move

once during each Soldier
Turn.

Your Soldier can Move, even if there are Hostiles in

the same Location card as the Soldier.

ATTACK
Spend 1 Action to Attack a Hostile.

This Action is covered in detail in the Soldier Attacks

section.

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Soldiers can also perform the following Activities during the may not be passed if they have been used in the
Soldier Turn. These Activities do not have an Action cost, current Turn.
unless noted on a card. Stream Ent 1
Rein: 0-1
Example: You play a Location card. Playing a Location card LIGHTEN
Jungle THE LOAD
does not cost an Action, but the specific Location card you Recalculate your team's resource point value
played lists “1 Action to play” as a cost. This is an example

LOCATION
immediately when you discard Weapons or
of an Activity resulting in an Action cost. Equipment, as necessary. Any discarded item is
removed from the game.
PLAY AN ACTION CARD This is useful when you are recalculating your Team’s
Soldiers can play any number of Action cards.
resource point value.
Unless noted on the card, there is no cost to play an Action 2
Example: Your Team is worth 85
card. Hostiles

soldier activities
Resource Points. A 10-point Soldier is
29- 3 Downed, reducing your Team to 75
DISCARD FOR OTHER SOLDIERS 30-49
50-74
4
5
points. If you can reduce your Team
value by 1 point, you will drop into the
75-99 7 50-74 range on the Hostile charts. You
Player Soldiers discard the Action cards needed for Non-
100-124 10 discard 1 Mk2 Grenade to reduce your
Player Soldiers and Squad Soldiers to perform Actions 125+ 13 value to 74.
requiring an Action card discard. This can include: Entering
a Location, Using Equipment, etc.
PAY RETAIN COSTS
PLAY A LOCATION CARD Any Soldier may
pay the XP cost
Only 1 Location card can be played each Soldier Turn.
to Retain Support
cards in play.
Unless noted on the card, there is no cost to play a
Location card.
If a Support card is not Retained, discard it.
ACTIVATE THE OBJECTIVE CARD Once all Soldiers have used their Actions, or at any
Any Soldier in a Location card that is adjacent to the
Objective may activate the Objective. time, continue with the Sequence of Play.

There is no cost to Activate the Objective.

Remove the Inactive counter and draw
Hostiles for the Objective card. Soldiers cannot
Move or Attack into an Objective card until it is
Activated.
E XAMPLE OF A SOLDIER TURN
During a Mission with Player Soldier Duncan and Non-
Player Soldier Nurke, both Soldiers have two Actions
and are in the same Location.
Duncan uses one Action to Discard and Draw his hand
to full. Nurke uses an Action to Attack a Hostile in his

PASS GEAR TO OTHER SOLDIERS

Location. Duncan freely passes Ammo to Nurke to
replace some that he previously expended.
Freely Pass Weapons or Equipment to other Player
Duncan then plays the Stream
Soldiers in your current Location. Stream 1
Rein: 0-1
Ent
Jungle
Location card which is free to
play. After drawing the new
You can drop Gear for another Player Soldier to Pick Up
LOCATION

Hostiles, Nurke uses his

when they enter your Location. This does not cost an second Action to Move into the
Action. Stream Location card, after
2 paying the Entrance cost.
Hostiles
Non-Player Soldiers can Pick Up and receive Ammo Free to play. 29-
30-49
3
4
Environ: Fever 4+.
50-74 5 Duncan then uses his second
counters, as long as they never have more Ammo than is Nature. Always 75-99 7
draw for Rein. 100-124 10 Action to enter the Stream
listed on their Weapon card. WP-42
125+ 13
Location card, also after paying
the Entrance cost. Both
Each Equipment and Weapon card can only be used by Soldiers are now out of Actions.
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 Location Marker

Discard this card and

draw a card from the
Location Deck.
Add the Location card
to your hand.
location cards

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LOCATION MARKER CARDS 4 - Cost to Play: The cost to play a Location card is noted on
There are several Location Marker cards in the Action
card deck. its card:

When you draw a Location Marker card, discard and
immediately draw a Location card from the Location
card deck. Add the Location card to your hand.
LOCATION CARDS
Location cards detail the terrain you travel through on
your way to your Objective.
The text on a Location card only applies to that
Location card.
Location cards have some of the same information as
Mission cards and Objective cards. Stream
Rein: 0-1
1 - Name of Location: For flavor only.
LOCATION
Free to play: This card does not cost any Actions or
Experience Points to play.
Action: The Soldier playing the Location card must spend the
noted number of Actions to play the card.
Pay Experience Points: You must spend the noted number of
Experience Points to play the card. Any Soldier can contribute
Experience Points to pay the cost.
Other Keywords and special notes are also noted in this
section.
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5 - Engage in Hand to Hand: The Action cost to engage in
Hand toJungle
Hand combat.

2 - Reinforce: The exact point value of Hostile cards 6 - Hostiles: When you place a Location card, draw cards
that can arrive in this Location during each Hostile from the Hostile deck.
Reinforcement Draw step.
The total Experience value of Hostile cards that appear in a
3 - Entrance Cost: Each Location card has an Location depends on your team’s total resource value. This is
Entrance cost in its top right corner. Each Soldier the same as the Resource value on the Mission card.
must discard this number of Action cards before 2
Example: Your team begins the game with
Entering the Location. Player Soldiers can discard for Hostiles
120 Resource Points. When you place the
Non-Player Soldiers and Squad Soldiers. Player 29- 3 Stream Location card, you draw Hostile
Soldiers cannot discard cards for other Player . 30-49 4 cards until you have drawn 10 or more
Soldiers. 50-74 5 Experience Points in Hostile cards.
75-99 7
100-124 10
Example: You must discard 2 Action cards from your
125+ 13
hand before you can enter a Location card with an
Entrance cost of 2.

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Jungle
Each Hostile card has its Experience Point
(XP) value printed in its top right corner. ENVIRONMENT
0 Draw Hostile cards one at a time and keep
Stream
Rein: 0-1
Ent
Jungle
1
Location cards with the
“Environ” (Environment)
Keyword first appear in the
an ongoing total of the Experience Point

F value of the Hostile cards drawn. When you WWII Russia Expansions

LOCATION
draw a Hostile card that brings the total #9 and #10.
Experience Point value equal to or greater
than the Location card’s Hostile value, stop drawing cards. Soldiers in these Location
2
cards must endure
2 Hostiles particularily harsh
Example: My team has a Resource value of
Hostiles Free to play. 29- 3
40. When I play the Stream Location, I must
Environ: Fever 4+. 30-49 4 environmental conditions.
29- 3 draw Hostile cards until I reach a Hostile 50-74 5
Nature. Always
. 30-49 4 value of 4. I draw Holdouts (value 1), a Lone draw for Rein.
75-99 7
To overcome the
100-124 10

1
50-74 5 Soldier (value 0), and an Officer (value 3). I WP-42
125+ 13
75-99 7 Environment, each Soldier
stop drawing cards because the total
100-124 10 Experience Points are equal to or exceed in the Location must roll the
125+ 13 the Location card’s Hostile value. noted value or higher on a 10-sided die at the start of the
Soldier Turn.

Example: The Stream card represents a Fever Environment.

After drawing the Each Soldier must roll a 4 or higher to resist Fever.
Hostile cards for a new
A Soldier who fails the Environment roll must either
Location, you can
discard a Hardy counter, suffer a Wound or suffer a
immediately spend
Suppress.
Actions to Attack the
newly placed Hostile
Due to Mission, Location, or Event text, it is possible for a
cards.
Location to have more than one Environmental effect in
effect at a time. When this happens, roll for all of them
separately.

When you play a Mission in a Region with

Environmental conditions on the Location
cards, use the Hardy counters to record each
Soldier’s remaining Hardy. Soldiers begin with
0 Hardy, unless otherwise noted on their cards.

Example: Missions taking place in Russia have the “Cold”

Environmental condition.

Additional Hardy counters can be gained through Service

Record cards, Equipment cards, and Skill cards.

Once allocated, you cannot move Hardy counters to a

different Soldier.

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placing a location card
Regardless of how many Soldiers are in the game,
only one new Location card can be placed during
each Soldier Turn.
At the start of the game, if there are no Player Soldiers
with a Location Marker card, you must spend Actions
to Discard and Draw until someone draws a Location
Marker card.
Play each Location
card on the Tactical
Display Sheet,
adjacent to the front-
most Location card
played along the path.
You can play a
Location card as long
as there is a Soldier in
the front-most Location card.
PLACING HOSTILES
When you play a Location card, immediately draw
Hostile cards based on the team’s current Resource
Point value and place them in the new Location card.
Some Hostiles have Keywords that will place them in
other Location cards.
Example: A Hostile has the “Front-most” keyword.
Place this Hostile in the Location with the Front-most
Soldier.
Example: A Hostile has the “Place in Targeted”
Keyword. Place the Hostile in the same Location as
the Soldier it is Targeting.
Some Hostiles have Keywords that will place them in
a Location space that does not have a Location card.
Place them, and move them as normal.
Example: A Hostile has the “Place 2 Beyond Front-
most” keyword. Place the Hostile 2 cards in front of
the Front-most Soldier.
If a Hostile is to be placed Behind the Mission card,
place it in the Mission card. If a Hostile is to be placed
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Beyond the Objective card, place it in the Objective card.
ASSIGNING HOSTILES
When you draw a Hostile
card, draw a Hostile
Targeting counter from
the cup to see which
Soldier the Hostile will be Attacking.
The Hostile will target that Soldier
each Turn until the Hostile (or the
Soldier) is Killed.
If the Soldier being targeted by the Hostile card moves out of
the Hostile’s Range, the Hostile card will not Attack until it is
back in Range.
A Soldier can be targeted by more than one Hostile card.
If a Soldier is Downed, remove all the Soldier’s Hostile
Targeting counters from the cup. Draw a new targeting
counter for each Hostile that was targeting the Downed
Soldier.
Example: You have 3 Soldiers in the Mission. You play a
Location and draw a Machine Gun Team, Flankers, Ambushers,
and an Officer. You draw 1 Hostile Targeting counter from the
cup for each Hostile.
Immediately place the Flankers in the Rear-most Soldier’s
Location.
You draw a counter “#1” for the Machine Gun Team, a “#2” for
the Officer, a “#3” for the Flankers, and another “#1” for the
Ambushers.
Now that we know whom the Ambushers are Targeting, place
them in Soldier 1’s Location.
During the Hostile Attack step, your Soldier #1 is Downed.
Remove the #1 counters from each Hostile card and the cup.
Redraw those counters. The Machine Gun Team is now
Targeting Soldier #3, and the Ambushers is now Targeting
Soldier #2. The Officer continues to Target Soldier #2. The
Ambushers now move into Soldier 2’s Location.
When you Kill a Hostile, return its Targeting counter to the cup.
ENTERING A LOCATION Hostile Penalties
Some Hostile cards add to a Location’s Entrance discard
cost.

Your Soldier can only Move into a Location card that is

adjacent to your Soldier’s current Location.

Spend 1 Action to Move into an adjacent Location card.

Each Soldier can only Move once during each Soldier Turn.

You must discard the Location card’s Entrance cost in Action

cards to move into it.
Pay the Location’s Entrance cost before entering the Location.
Your Soldier’s Movement value, Equipment, and Action cards
may reduce the number of cards that you need to discard.
Example: The Advance Action
card adds 3 to your Movement
value. If you have a Movement
value of 2, and you play the
Advance Action card, you now
have a Movement value of 5.
Example: The Stream Location has an Entrance cost of 1.
There is a Machine Gun Team in the Location. The Machine
Gun Team adds 2 more to the Entrance cost. A Soldier must
discard 3 cards to enter the Location.
As a Hostile card suffers Suppressions and Hits, its
Entrance penalty is reduced. The numbers separated by
slashes relate to the Hostile card’s Attack chart columns.
Example: When the Machine
Gun Team does not have
4
any Suppresses or EKIAs, it
F
Machine Gun Team

uses the “4-3” column. It

also adds +2 to the
The Action cards that a Player Soldier discards for movement Entrance cost.
can only come from the Soldier's own hand of Action cards. 4 When the Machine Gun
The Action cards to be discarded for a Non-Player Soldier or 4‐3 2‐1 Team suffers 2 Suppression
Roll Roll Attack (Range 0‐2) or EKIA, it uses the “2-1”
Squad Soldier can come from any Player Soldier’s hand of 5‐ 7‐ Miss
column. It now adds +1 to
6‐8 8+ 2 Wounds
Action cards. 9+ 2 Wounds, Again the Entrance cost.
+2/+1 Entrance cost.
Only draw Hostile cards when a new Location card is placed. 3 Penetration 1.
This makes it vital to
Screened by (0‐1).
WP-240

Do not draw new Hostile cards when you move into a Suppress or Hit certain
previously placed Location card. Hostiles before entering their Location, to reduce the
Entrance cost.
Example: All the Soldiers are in the Stream Location card. You
play the Light Jungle Location card, adjacent to the Stream
card. You draw Hostiles.

Example: Duncan is in the Mission card, and NPS Nurke is in

the adjacent Stream Location card. When Duncan moves into
the Stream Location card, do not draw Hostile cards.

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Doors
Some Fortification cards have a “Door
to Interior” note. Doors first appeared
in WWII Expansion #45. You can
Attack the Fortification card as normal,
rolling against its Defeat Cover, or you can attempt to Breach
its Door.
One way you can Breach a Door is by Attacking it. A Soldier
must be in the Fortification’s Location card to Attack its Door.
The Door’s Cover and Hits needed to Destroy it are listed on
the Hostile card. Do not add the Hostile’s Size when Attacking
a Door.
Example: The Elite Observation Post
has a Cover value of 12. You can Attack
it as normal and attempt to overcome
its Cover value, or you can move a
Soldier into its Location and have the
Soldier Attack the Observation Post’s
Door, which only has a Cover of 9. If
you inflict 2 Hits on the Door, you
Breach the Door. The Door allows you
to perform Interior Attacks against the
Observation Post. The Observation
Post’s Interior only has Cover value of
2.
Instead of inflicting Hits on the Door,
some Doors can be Breached with a
successful “Pick” roll. Such Doors
have the “Pick x+” notation in their
text. To Pick, move a Soldier with the
Pick ability into the Fortification’s
Location. Once in the Location, spend
an Action to Pick the Door’s lock. If
successful, you Breach the Door. You
can attempt to Pick the lock multiple
times. Some locks have a modifier to
your Pick roll.
Breached
Once the Door is Breached, Soldiers in the Location may
Attack the Fortification using the much lower Cover value
noted in the Door information.
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Example: The Elite Barracks’ Door has
a Pick notation, so it can be Picked.
You move a Soldier with Pick 9+ into
the Barracks’ Location. The Door has
“Pick +0”. You roll to Pick the Door’s
lock. You will succeed on a roll of 9 or
higher. You roll a 9, and succeed. You
Throw a couple Grenades into the
Barracks’ Interior, Defeating its Interior
Cover of 1, and inflicting the 6 Hits
needed to Eliminate the Barracks.
Once Breached, you may perform
Range 0 Attacks, or pay Actions as normal to Engage in Hand
to Hand combat.
Vehicle and Aircraft Attacks must always Defeat the Hostile’s
normal Cover value.
Beneficials (Success)
You can gain a beneficial effect from
AFT PASSAGEWAY
Rein. Roll: 1-5 Entrance 2 some Locations. They include the word
GOLDEN NORI
=NIGHT LOCATION=
+4 “Success” and have a notation similar
to:
“Controls (Hack +1), Success: Add 1
0
to...”.
Free to play. Hostiles
Structure. Isolated. 29- 2
Controls (Hack +1), 30-49 3
The first word offers a general
Success: Retreat Meltdown 50-74 4
Progress counter by 8. 75-99 6
description of the type of activity being
Adjacent “Engine Room”. 100-124 9
125+ 12
36-16
performed, but does not affect game
play. Common descriptions include: Controls, Console,
Repair, etc.
The “Hack” notation on Location cards usually refers to
repairing or operating a complex device. To gain the noted
effect, you must have a Soldier with the noted ability in the
Location card, and the Soldier must spend an Action and
perform a successful ability roll with the noted modifier. The
first time any Soldier succeeds in the roll, you gain the noted
effect.
Example: A Location card has: “Repair (Hack +3), Success:
Add 2 extra Turns to the Mission Time.” Your Soldier must
succeed with a Hack roll, and gets to add 3 to their roll. If the
roll is successful, you get 2 extra Turns to complete your
Mission.
If the Hack or Pick results in a Noise increase, advance the
Noise counter as normal. If there are Hostiles in that Location,
roll on the Noise Track to determine if any Hostile heard the
Noise.
Obstacles (Fail)
Some Locations have a detrimental
effect that is initiated when the first
Soldier enters the Location card. They
include the word “Fail’ and have a
notation similar to:
“Booby Trap (Pick, Detect +x,
Disarm +x), Fail: Inflict...”.
Example: A Location card has: “Locked Hatch (Hack +1),
Fail: Move the Objective 1 Location Beyond its current
Location.” Your Soldier gets to add 1 to their Hack roll to
overcome the Locked Hatch. If the Soldier fails the Hack roll,
move the Objective card 1 Location further along the
Location path.
Once you resolve the Detect and Disarm rolls, you draw
Hostile cards, Activate the Objective, and perform other
Actions and activities as normal.

The first word offers a general If the Hack or Pick results in a Noise increase, advance the
description of the type of obstacle Noise counter as normal. If there are Hostiles in that
encountered, but does not affect game play. Common Location, roll on the Noise Track to determine if any Hostiles
descriptions include: Booby Trap, IED, Locked Hatch, etc. heard the Noise.

The “Pick” notation on Location cards usually refers to a task

to be performed that requires manual dexterity. When the first
Soldier Enters the Location, that Soldier must immediately
attempt to Detect the Obstacle with the noted ability roll, and
noted Detect modifier, to Detect the threat. This does not
require an Action. If the Soldier fails their roll (or does not have
the noted ability), they set-off the threat and suffer the noted
effect.

If the Detect roll succeeds, before you perform any other

Actions or activities, you may immediately attempt to either
Disarm the threat, or freely move the Soldier back to the
previous Location and discard the Location.

Example: You place a Location with an Obstacle, and Move a

Soldier into the Location. You immediately roll to Detect the
Trap, and you succeed. Before you place Hostiles, Activate the
Objective, or anything else, you must decide whether to Disarm
the Trap and roll for success, or retreat the Soldier to the
previous Location and discard the Location.

If you Detect the threat, you may immediately attempt to

Disarm it. To do so, make a successful ability roll, with the
noted Disarm modifier. This does not require an Action. If the
Soldier fails their roll, the Soldier suffers the noted Fail effect,
and you may choose to keep or discard the Location card. If
the roll succeeds, the threat is Disarmed and eliminated, and
the Location card remains in play.

Example: A Location card has: “Booby Trap (Pick, Detect +3,

Disarm +1), Fail: Inflict a Kill on 1 Soldier in this Location.” Your
Soldier gets to add 3 to their Pick roll to Detect, and 1 to their
Pick roll to Disarm. The Soldier rolls to Disarm, and fails. You
must inflict a Kill on the Soldier.

Example: A Location card has: “Booby Trap (Pick, Detect +3,

Disarm +1), Fail: Inflict a Kill on 1 Soldier in this Location.” Your
Soldier gets to add 3 to their Pick roll to Detect, and 1 to their
Pick roll to Disarm. The Soldier rolls to Detect, and succeeds.
You decide to retreat the Soldier and discard the Location card.

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 A Soldier can spend 1 Action to Attack any Hostile
card that is within Weapon Range.
You can use the same or a different Weapon with
each Attack.
You can target the same or a different Hostile card
with each Attack as long as the Hostile card is within
Range of the Weapon.
Each Attack can only inflict 1 EKIA or 1 Suppress
result, no matter how many Attack dice are rolled.
Squad Soldiers use their Attack Chart to roll 1
Ranged Attack die and 1 Defeat Cover die. Unless
noted otherwise on their card, all Squad Soldier
soldier attacks
Kill: If any of your adjusted Attack rolls is equal to
or exceed the Weapon’s Hit number for the Range,
and your Defeat Cover roll equals or exceeds the
Hostile’s Cover number, you Kill the Hostile. Place
an EKIA (Enemy Killed in Action) counter on the Hostile card
to record the Kill.
Suppress: If any of your Attack rolls is equal to or
exceed the Weapon’s Hit number for that Range,
or your Defeat Cover roll equals or exceeds the
Hostile’s Cover value, but not both, you Suppress
the Hostile. Place a Suppress counter on the Hostile card.
Place only 1 Suppression counter, even if the Attack inflicts
more than 1 Hit.

No Effect: If all of your Attack rolls are less than the Weapon’s
Attacks are Ranged Attacks. Hit number for that Range and your Defeat Cover roll is less
than the Hostile’s Cover number, the Hostile suffers No Effect.
ATTACK MODIFIERS To show the relation between the Attack die roll and the Defeat
If a modifier adjusts an Attack roll, it modifies all of the
Cover die roll, here is the Attack chart from the Tactical Display
Attack die rolls.
Sheet:
Example: A Steady
4
Aim card adds 2 to
your Attack roll. If
you fire in Auto
F
Mode, it adds 2 to
M achine Gun Team

each of your 3 die

rolls.

ATTACK AND DEFEAT COVER

To Attack with a Weapon, roll the
4
number of 10-sided dice based
on your Attack Mode as well as
M1918A2
Machine Gun Ranged
0
F
10
Lone Soldier

one 6-sided die to Defeat the 1939+

Loadout 7
target's Cover. You roll only one 6-
sided die for Defeat Cover,
regardless of how many Attack dice you roll.
1
Range 0 1 2 Penetration 1.
Reload 2 2 2 Roll Attack (Range 0‐1)
When attacked, the Hit 7 8 9 Deploy 7‐ Miss
9+ 2 Woun Bipod 8+ 1 Wound
target has a chance Mode Rolls to gain
Spray
Semi 1 Penetration 1.
of getting behind Auto 3
+2/+1 Entran cover. To overcome a 4
2
3 Penetrati
Screened by target’s Cover, the
WP-158
0.30-06
Ammo WP-210

WP-240 attacker must roll

equal to, or above, Example: You have an M1918A2 Machine Gun and you are
the target’s Cover value on a 6-sided die. shooting at Hostile Lone Soldier at Range 0 (he is in your
Location).
There are 3 possible results when performing an
You will need an Attack roll of 7 or higher and a Defeat Cover
Attack: roll of a 1 or higher due to the Weapon’s Penetration 1 attack
bonus.

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 Attack Example #1 - You select Auto
Mode, roll 3 Attack dice, and get a 2, 8,
and 9. You also roll a Defeat Cover roll of
a 5 +1 Penetration, for a 6. You Hit with
your Attack, and you have defeated the
Hostile’s Cover. You have also rolled this
Weapon’s Reload result meaning to fire
this weapon in the future you must
spend an Action to Reload. You inflict 1 Kill on the Lone Soldier
card. Place 1 EKIA counter on the card. You eliminated this
Hostile. Remove the card. Due to the Hostile’s 0 XP value, you
do not earn any XP for Eliminating this Hostile.
Attack Example #2 - You
select Semi Mode. You roll a
4, missing with your Attack,
but you roll a Defeat Cover of
4 (+1), defeating the Hostile’s
cover. You Suppress the
Lone Soldier. Place a
Suppress counter on the
Lone Soldier card.
Each Reticle number on a Hostile card represents one Hostile.
If a Hostile card has multiple Hostiles, only one Hostile is
Suppressed with each Suppress result or Killed with a Kill
result.
When you Kill a Hostile, you can either place an EKIA counter
on the card, or replace a previously placed Suppress counter
with an EKIA counter, until all Hostiles on the card have an
EKIA counter.
Example: A Machine Gun Team
Hostile card currently has one
EKIA counter and one Suppress
counter. You inflict a Kill. You
can either place an EKIA
counter on the Machine Gun
Team card, or replace the
Suppress counter with an EKIA
counter.
Each Hostile on a card can only have one EKIA or one
Suppress counter. If you inflict a Suppress and all the Hostiles
already have an EKIA or Suppress counter, your Attack has no
effect.
Example: A Hostile card has the number 4 in its Reticle,
indicating 4 Machine Gun Team Hostiles. The card already has
2 Suppress counters and 2 EKIA counter. Your Attack inflicts a
Suppress. It has no effect.
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If your Attack inflicts the final Kill on a Hostile card, discard the
Hostile card and gain the number of Experience Points noted
on the Hostile card. Place the Experience counters on the
Soldier card that performed the final Kill.
Each Star on an Experience Point counter is equal to 1
Experience Point.
Example: Duncan inflicts the 4th and
final Kill on a Machine Gun Team card.
Discard the Machine Gun Team card
and add 4 Experience Points to
Duncan’s Soldier card.
RELOADING
If any of your Attack rolls are equal to or less than the
Weapon’s Reload number, your Weapon has run out of Ammo
during the Attack. You cannot use the Weapon again until you
Reload it.
Example: The M1918A2 Machine Gun
will Hit a Hostile at Range 0 on a roll of 7
or higher. If the Hostile is at Range 1, you
must roll 8 or higher. If either roll is 2 or
less on any Attack roll, the Weapon runs
out of Ammo during the Attack.
Example: Your M1918A2 runs out of
Ammo on a roll of 2 or less on any Attack
die. You fire in Auto Mode at an Officer,
and roll a 1, 4, and 9 for your Attacks, and you roll a Defeat
Cover roll of 5. You Kill the Officer, and your M1918A2 runs out
of Ammo.
Attack modifiers do not adjust your roll until after you check
for Reload.
Example: Due to Skills,
Equipment, and Action
cards, you have
accumulated a +6 on
this Attack roll against the
Lone Soldier with your M1918A2 at
Range 0. You fire in Semi Mode and
roll a 2, and a Defeat Cover roll of a 3.
First you check for Reload. You rolled a 2 or lower, so you will
run out of Ammo. Next, you apply the +6 modifier to bring your
Attack roll to a 8. The result of your Attack is 1 EKIA, and you
also run out of Ammo.
EXPLOSION AND SPRAY
Weapons that explode, like hand grenades, have the
“Explosion” Keyword. Weapons that fire streams of bullets,
like Machine Guns, have the “Spray” Keyword.
Roll the indicated number of Attack dice for an Explosion or
Spray Weapon. Regardless of how many Attack dice you roll,
only roll 1 Defeat Cover die.
Unlike other Attacks, each Explosion and Spray Attack die has
a chance to inflict a Miss, Suppress, or Hit. Resolve each
Attack roll separately against the Hostile card.
Melee combat takes place when a Soldier is using a Melee
Weapon to Attack, such as a Knife or Bayonet.
The same rules apply to both types of Attacks.
In order to perform a Hand to Hand Attack, your Soldier must
be in the same Location card as the Hostile (Range 0).
In addition to being in the same Location, you
must select a Hostile card in your Location and
pay the number of Actions indicated by the
Location’s Hand to Hand (HtH) combat value to Engage the
Hostile in HtH combat (Unarmed or Melee).

Suppressions and Kills do not spill over to affect other Hostile
cards.
Example: You throw a Grenade at
a Mortar Team card with 4
Hostiles. You roll a 5 for your
Defeat Cover (+1 for Penetration,
increasing it to a 6), which is
successful. Your Attack rolls are:
2, 7, 6, and 9. You inflict 2 Kills
and 2 Suppressions.
Example: You throw a Grenade at
a Sniper Team card with 2
Hostiles. Your Defeat Cover roll is a 1 (+1 for Penetration,
increasing it to a 2), and fails. Your Attack rolls are: 2, 10, 7, and
9. You inflict 3 Suppressions, but the third Suppression has no
effect because there are only 2 Hostiles.
SUPPRESSED WEAPONS
Some Weapons have the
Suppressed keyword. These
Weapons make less noise
when fired.
When you inflict an EKIA on a
Hostile with a Suppressed
Weapon Attack, in addition to
placing an EKIA counter, also
place a Suppressed counter on
the Hostile card. This
represents the confusion the enemy suffers from being
attacked by an unseen attacker.
Place the Hand to Hand counter with your
Soldier’s number on the Hostile card you have
Engaged. A Soldier can only Engage 1 Hostile in
HtH at a time.
Example: You pay 1 Action and discard as normal to Enter a
Location. The Location has a Hand to Hand cost of 1, so you
pay 1 Action, select the Hostile, and place your Hand to Hand
counter on the targeted Hostile card. This uses both your
Actions. On your next Turn, you perform a Hand to Hand Attack
and Kill the last Hostile on the card. If you wish to Engage
another Hostile card in that Location, you must pay the
Location’s 1 Action HtH Engage cost again.
You may put aside Actions to accumulate and pay the Hand to
Hand cost. These cannot be used for anything else. You lose
the set aside Actions if you perform any other Actions while
they are being saved. Once you pay a Hand to Hand cost, you
lose any remaining set aside Actions.
Soldiers and Hostiles cannot perform Hand to Hand Attacks
against Squad Soldiers, Structures, Aircraft, and Vehicles. If a
Hostile’s text has it Attacking in HtH against a Squad Soldier,
Structure, Aircraft, or Vehicle, it instead conducts its Attacks at
Range 0.
Example: You are using the Vehicle expansion, and a Hostile
card with the text “Engages in HtH” Targets one of your
Vehicles. Move the Hostile into your Vehicle’s Location and
conduct a Range 0 Attack.

Hand to Hand Combat

There are two types of Hand to Hand Combat: Unarmed and
Melee.

Unarmed combat takes place when a Soldier does not have a

Melee Weapon.

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Attacking
The Unarmed Combat
reference card is provided as
an easy way to look up your
Unarmed Combat options.
If you spend an Action to
perform an HtH Attack, select
your Mode of Attack: Strong,
Combo, or Precise, and then
roll 10-sided dice and a 6-sided
die as normal.
Rs - The “Rs” column indicates
the number of Attack dice you
roll.
St - If any of the Attack rolls are equal to or less than the
number in the “St” column before modifiers, you “Stumble”.
H - If one of more of the Attack rolls are equal to or greater
than the number in the “H” column you score a Hit.
P - The number in the “P” column is your Attack’s Penetration.
Add the Soldier’s HtH modifier to your Attack rolls.
Attacks
Hand to Hand Attacks use the same process as all the other
Soldier Attacks. If the Attack and Defeat Cover rolls are
successful, you inflict an EKIA. If one or the other is
successful, you inflict a Suppress. If neither is successful,
there is no effect from the Attack.
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Stumble
If you roll the Weapon’s Stumble number or lower, before
applying any Modifiers, or any of your Attack rolls, you have
Stumbled during the Attack.
You immediately suffer 1 Suppress when you Stumble.
It is possible with a Combo Attack to successfully Hit with one
roll, while Stumbling with the other roll.
As with any other Suppress, you cannot perform any Actions
until you pay an Action to remove the Suppress.
Example: A Player Soldier with HtH +1 is in the same Location
with a Hostile. The Location has a Hand to Hand Action cost of
2. The Soldier’s Rifle is out of Ammo. He saves his last Action
during his Turn and declares that he is setting it aside to use
toward paying a Hand to Hand cost. The Hostile Attacks
another Soldier during the Hostile Turn, and Misses.
During the Soldier’s next Turn, he spends 1 Action and his 1
saved Action to pay the Location’s Hand to Hand Action cost of
2. He places his Hand to Hand counter on the Hostile card. He
pays 1 Action to perform an Unarmed Attack, selects Strong
Mode, and rolls his Attack, gets lucky and rolls a 7 (+1 due to
his HtH to make it an 8) for his Attack and a 5 (-4 for a Strong
HtH Attack) for his Defeat Cover. The Hostile has a Cover of 1.
He places 1 EKIA counter on the Hostile.
Later in the Turn, another Soldier moves into our Soldier’s
Location. The new Soldier has a Bayonet. He gives the Bayonet
to our Soldier, who attaches it to his Rifle.
During the next Soldier Turn, our Soldier Attacks the same
Hostile card, but this time with a Bayonet. Since the Soldier is
Attacking the same Hostile, he does not need to pay the
Location’s Hand to Hand Action cost again. He chooses
“Combo” Mode, and rolls 2 Attack dice getting a 3 and 10, and
rolls 1 Defeat Cover die getting a 4. He has an HtH modifier of
+1. Due to the Combo Attack Mode, he needs to roll a 7 or
higher to Hit with either Attack die. The 10 is successful. His
Defeat Cover roll of a 4, -2 for performing a Combo Attack, is
also successful. Because he has one or more successful
Attack rolls, and a successful Defeat Cover roll, he inflicts 1
EKIA on the Hostile card.
The “Aim” Keyword is not used in WWII or Modern-era
Warfighter, but is referenced in other eras of Warfighter. Where
“Aim” appears, treat the number after Aim as adding to your
Penetration.
Example: The Bayonet’s Aimed Attack has a Penetration 0 with
an Aim 1. Treat the Aimed Attack as having Penetration 1 in
WWII and Modern-era.
Shadows Ability (Hand to Hand)
Some Soldiers have the
“Shadows” Keyword printed on
their cards.
Only Soldiers with the Shadows ability can attempt to perform
Shadow Attacks or Shadows rolls.
Shadow Attacks
At any time during the Soldier Turn, the Soldier can roll a 10-
sided die. If you roll the Soldier’s Shadows value or higher, the
Soldier has successfully moved out of sight of the enemy. If
you roll less than the Soldier’s Shadows ability, you Attack as
normal. Some Hostiles modify your Shadows roll.
If you make a successful Shadows roll, add the Weapon’s
Stealth modifier to your HtH Attack rolls for the remainder of
As you draw Hostile cards, place them face up on the
Tactical Display next to their Location card.
1 - Title: The name of Hostile.
2 - Reticle: The Number of Hostiles on a card.
Example: You must inflict 4 Kills to eliminate the Banzai
card.
3 - Hostile Value and Experience Points: The number
in the upper right corner shows the Experience Point
value of this Hostile card. Use this value when you are
drawing Hostiles for a new Location card, or for
Reinforcements. Also, a Soldier gains this number of
Experience Points from Killing the last Hostile on the
card.

hostile cards
the Soldier Turn. You must Kill all the Hostiles on the card before you
can claim the Experience Points for the card.
Example: You make a successful Shadows roll and your Ka-Bar
knife has Stealth +4. You decide to perform a Combo Attack. 4 - Hostile Level: At the start of a Mission, choose
You get to add 4 to both of your Attack rolls.
between Frontline Hostiles (F) and the more difficult
Elite Hostiles (E). All Hostiles in your Hostile deck must
If you make a successful Shadows roll, add 2 to your Stealth
be the same level.
Weapon’s Penetration for the remainder of the Soldier Turn.

Example: You add 4 to your Ka-Bar’s Attack rolls, and 2 to its 5 - Event: When you place a Hostile with the Event
Defeat Cover roll. notation, immediately draw a card from the Event
deck. Add the Event to the Hostile’s Location.
Thrown Attacks
6 - Attack Range and Attack Chart: Hostiles use the
All Thrown Attacks have an
chart on their card to Attack their targeted Soldier.
Attack Range of 0.
Example: The Banzai use the “4-3” column when
If you Attack using a Weapon’s Attacking, if no Hostiles are Suppressed or Killed. They
Thrown mode, you cannot use use the “2-1” column if 2 or 3 Hostiles are Suppressed
the Weapon again until that or Killed.
3
Hostile card is Eliminated, and
you are still in its Location.
F Some Hostile cards
Large Truck

have an effect, but no

Example: You Throw your M3 3 die roll or Attack chart.
Knife at a Hostile card at Range This text is only active if
0. Regardless of the outcome of there is at least one
your Attack, you cannot use that Range 0‐2.
Knife again until that Hostile Reinforce (0‐3).
Hostile that is not
card is Eliminated and you are Suppressed or Killed on
still in its Location. 1939+. Vehicle. Immobile 1. the card and the Hostile
is within the noted
Self-Defense Weapons Range.
2
You can use Weapons with the
Example: If the Large Truck is within Range 2 of its
Self-Defense keyword to Targeted Soldier, draw a Reinforcement card for the
perform Attacks in HtH combat. Large Truck during the Reinforcement Draw step. If the
card drawn has a Reinforcement value of 0, 1, 2, or 3,
place the Hostile in the Truck’s Location. If the Hostile’s
value is 4 or more, discard it.

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 1 - Name of Event - For
flavor only.

2 – Game Effect – Some

game effects are resolved
when the card is drawn,
whilst others continue to
apply in that Location.

World War II Event Cards

Warfighter World War II Event cards are located in
their own deck, separate from the Hostile card deck.
Some Hostile cards have a Draw an Event card immediately after drawing a
3 Reinforce effect in addition to Hostile card with the Event notation. If the Event

event cards
F an Attack chart. This text is affects a Location, place the Event card next to the
Officer

always active if there is at Location it was drawn for. Only draw an Event card
least one Hostile that is not if the Hostile enters play.
1 Suppressed or Killed on the
card.
Roll Attack (Range 0)
Modern Event Cards
4‐
5‐7
Miss
1 Wounds Example: The Officer’s Warfighter Modern Event cards are located within
8‐9
10+
2 Wounds
Kill
Reinforce and Inspire is active the Hostile deck.
Screened by (0‐1). unless he is Suppressed. The
4 Reinforce (0‐2). Screened by effect is always The Event card’s Experience value counts toward
Fearless. Inspire.
WP-230 active. the total Hostile value when drawing Hostile cards
for the Location. Treat the card's Experience value
7 - Cover: Soldiers must roll this number or higher on a 6-
2
sided die to Defeat the Hostile’s Cover during an Attack.
as normal when calculating for the Location's
E Reinforcement card draw.
Banzai

Example: When attacking the Hostile, the Soldier must roll a

10-sided die to perform the attack, and a 6-sided die to Modern Shadow
defeat the Hostile’s Cover. If the 6-sided die roll is 3 or
higher, the Hostile’s Cover has been defeated. War Event Cards
4 Warfighter Modern Shadow
8 – Special Notes: Some War Event cards are
4‐3 2‐1
Roll Roll Attack (Range 0) Hostile cards have Special located within the Hostile deck, and act similarily to
2‐ 4‐ Miss Notes and Keywords at the Modern Day Event cards. When placed,
3‐7 5+ 2 Wounds
8+ 2 Wounds, Again bottom of their cards. This immediately Reveal and resolve the Event.
+3/+1 Entrance Cost. Place in text is only active if there is
3 Front‐most. Target Front‐most. at least one Hostile that is General Rules
not Suppressed or Killed on Some Event cards note that you can pay
the card. Some Keywords remain active even if all of a Experience Points to cancel the Event. These XP
card’s reticle are suppressed. These Keywords are so must be paid immediately after all Hostile and Event
noted on the Keyword’s sheet. cards are drawn.
Example: You must place the above Hostile card in the
Location of the Front-most Soldier and the Hostile card Resolve all Events for a Location before conducting
Targets a random Soldier in that Location. Soldier Actions.

Additional Keywords can also be found here, such as: You do not gain XP for resolving Event cards.
Fearless, Rear-most, etc. An explanation of Keywords can
be found in the Keyword Sheet.

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 Do not draw a card for Locations that have a “None” Reinforce
value.
3
F
HOSTILES ATTACK
Officer
Resolve Attacks for all Hostile cards that are in Range of their
1 targeted Soldiers.

Roll Attack (Range 0) Example: A Hostile has a Range of “0-2”. The Hostile will Attack
4‐ Miss
5‐7 1 Wounds its targeted Soldier when the Soldier is at Range 0, 1, or 2.
8‐9 2 Wounds
10+ Kill
Screened by (0‐1). Hostile cards roll dice to Attack. Consult their Attack chart to
Reinforce (0‐2).
4 Fearless. Inspire.
determine the effects of their Attack roll.
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Hostile cards that have numbers greater than one on their

Reticle have multiple columns on their Attack chart. The
Soldiers may only interrupt the Hostile's Turn to play numbers at the top of each column represent the number of
Action cards, use Weapons, or use Equipment which remaining Hostiles that have not been Killed or Suppressed.
hostile turn

specifically state that the card can be used during the

Example: If you have Suppressed
Hostile Turn.
one Hostile on an Ambushers card,
they will attack using the column for

REINFORCEMENT DRAW 2-1 remaining Ambushers. An

Attack roll of 10+ inflicts 2 Wounds.
Draw one Hostile card for each Location card with a
Soldier, and for each Location with an Always No more than one Suppress
Reinforce keyword. counter can be placed on a card
for each Hostile. If all Hostiles on
Each Hostile the card already have an EKIA or
Stream Ent 1 3 card has a value Suppress counter, ignore any
Rein: 0-1 Jungle in its upper right additional Suppress results
F corner. When you inflicted on the Hostile card.
Officer
LOCATION

draw a Hostile
card, compare its value
against the Reinforce
1 value on the Location
2 card.
If they match, add the Hostile card to that Location.
Example: If 3 Ambushers are alive and Unsuppressed when
they attack, the Ambushers inflict 2 Wounds on a roll of 8+.
Example: If 1 Ambusher is Killed and 1 is Suppressed, there is
only 1 active Ambusher. The Ambushers inflict 2 Wounds on a
roll of 10+. 3
F and 2 more are Suppressed,
Example: If 1 Ambusher is Killed
Officer

If the point value does not match, do not draw there are no active Ambushers on the Hostile card. The
another Reinforcement card. Ambushers card does not attack during this Turn.
4 1
Example: Your Location card’s Reinforce value is 0-1.
When you draw a Hostile Reinforcement card, check
Weapon Range and Attack Chart
its value. If it is a 0 or 1, add that Hostile card to your
Roll Attack (Range 0) When a Hostile Attacks a
4‐ Miss
Location card and draw its Hostile Targeting counter. If 5‐7 1 Wounds Soldier, roll a 10-side die for the
8‐9 2 Wounds
it is not a 0 or 1, discard the Hostile card. 10+ Kill Attack, and roll a 6-sided die to
Screened by (0‐1). Defeat the Soldier’s Cover.
Example: The Stream Location has a Reinforce value 4 R i f (0 2)
of 0-1. You draw an Officer with a value of 3. Discard Each Hostile card has a unique Attack chart.
the Officer card.

Example: The Stream Location has a Reinforce value Use the Attack chart to determine the result of the Attack
of 0-1. You draw Recruits with a value of 1. Add the based on the success of the die rolls.
Recruits card to the other Hostile cards in the Stream
Location card, and draw a Hostile Targeting counter
from the cup for the Recruits.

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Resolving a Hostile Attack
Update: With the addition of Body Armor to the game, this rule
section now has a “Defeat Body Armor” step.
Attack Roll and Terrain Cover Roll
Roll a 10-sided die for the Hostile’s Attack, and a 6-sided die
for the Hostile’s Defeat Terrain Cover roll.
Compare the Attack roll to the Hostile’s Attack chart to
determine the number of Wounds inflicted on the Soldier.
Compare the Defeat Terrain Cover roll to the Soldier’s Cover
value. If the roll is equal to, or greater than, the Terrain Cover
value, the Attack defeats the Terrain Cover. If the Defeat Cover
roll does not defeat the Soldier’s Terrain Cover, do not roll for
the Soldier’s Body Armor.
Body Armor Roll
If the Defeat Cover roll defeated the Soldier’s Terrain Cover,
roll a 20-sided die for Body Location and a 6-sided Defeat
Body Armor die to determine the Attack defeats the Soldier’s
Body Armor.
If the Body Location roll results in a Body Location not
protected by the Body Armor, the Body Armor is defeated.
If the Body Location roll results in a Body Location protected
by the Body Armor, and the Defeat Cover roll is less than the
Body Armor’s Cover for that Body Location, the Body Armor is
successful.
If the Soldier is not Equipped with Body Armor, do not roll to
defeat the Body Armor. The Attack automatically defeats the
Body Armor.
Result of the Attack
Each Attack has 1 of 3 results:
Wounding - The Attack roll indicates 1 or more Wounds on
the Hostile Attack chart, and the Defeat Terrain Cover roll
defeated the Soldier’s Terrain, and the Soldier’s Body Armor
was unsuccessful. Place a Wound counter on the Soldier’s
card equal to the Wounds inflicted.
Example: The Hostile’s Attack roll inflicts 3 Wounds, the Defeat
Terrain Cover roll is equal to, or greater than, the Soldier’s
Terrain Cover, and the Defeat Body Armor roll defeats the
Soldier’s Body Armor. The Soldier suffers 3 Wounds.
Suppress - Either the Attack roll inflicted 1 or more Wounds or
both Defeat Cover rolls were successful, but not both. Place a
Suppress counter on the Soldier card.
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Example: The Hostile’s Attack roll indicates 2 Wounds, but its
Defeat Terrain Cover roll fails to Defeat the Soldier’s Terrain
Cover. Do not roll to Defeat Body Armor because the Defeat
Terrain Cover roll failed. The Soldier suffers a Suppress.
Example: The Hostile’s Attack roll indicates 1 Wound, its
Defeat Terrain Cover roll defeats the Soldier’s Terrain Cover,
but the Defeat Body Armor roll fails to defeat the Soldier’s
Body Armor. The Soldier suffers a Suppress.
Example: The Hostile’s Attack roll indicates a Miss, the
Defeat Terrain Cover roll is equal to, or greater than, the
Soldier’s Terrain Cover, and the Defeat Body Armor roll
defeats the Soldier’s Body Armor. The Soldier suffers a
Suppress.
No Effect - The Attack roll inflicted 0 Wounds, and at least
one of the Defeat Cover rolls failed. The Attack has no effect
on the Soldier.
Example: The Hostile’s Attack roll indicates a Miss, and the
Defeat Terrain Cover roll fails to defeat the Soldier’s Terrain
Cover. The Soldier suffers no effect.
Example: The Hostile’s Attack roll indicates a Miss, the
Defeat Terrain Cover roll defeats the Soldier’s Terrain Cover,
but the Defeat Body Armor roll fails to defeat the Soldier’s
Body Armor. The Soldier suffers no effect.
Summary
If the Attack roll and both Defeat Cover rolls are successful,
the Soldier suffers Wounds.
If only 2 of the 3 Attack and Defeat Cover rolls are
successful, the Soldier suffers a Suppress.
If 0 or 1 of the 3 Attack and Defeat Covers rolls are
successful, the Soldier suffers no effect.
HOSTILES CLOSE RANGE
If a Hostile card has 1 or more Suppress counters, it cannot
Move.
All Hostile cards that are out of Range move one Location
card closer to their targeted Soldier. If a Hostile card is in
Range of its target, the Hostile card does not move.
Example: The Flankers have targeted Soldier #2, NPS Nurke,
but Nurke is at Range 2 from the Flankers. Move the Flankers
1 Location closer to Nurke during the Close Range step.
Example: The Flankers, who have a Range of 1, have
targeted Soldier #2 Nurke, but Nurke is at Range 2 from the
Flankers. The Flankers have a Suppressed counter on their
card. The Flankers cannot Attack because they are out of
Range, and they cannot Move because they have a Suppress
counter.
There are situations when a Hostile is in Range, but Each Wound suffered by a Soldier reduces the Soldier’s
cannot Attack the Soldier, due to an Obstructed Location Health and Hand Size by 1.
or other card text. In such situations, the Hostile Moves
closer to the Soldier. Example: Your Soldier starts with a Health of 6. This means
your Hand Size is 6, and you can hold at most 6 cards in
your Hand after performing a Discard and Draw Action.
Some Hostiles do not
3 Attack your Soldiers, but Your Soldier then suffers a 2-point Wound. This reduces
F instead apply a their Health and Hand Size to 4. You can hold at most 4
detrimental effect. If the cards in your Hand after performing a Discard and Draw
Large Truck

3 targeted Soldier is out of Action.

the Hostile’s Range (and
the Hostile does not have Place a Wound counter on your Wounded
Range 0‐2.
a Suppress), move the Soldier card equal to the number of Wounds
Reinforce (0‐3).
Hostile one Location card inflicted by the Attack. Each time your Soldier
1939+. Vehicle. Immobile 1.
closer to its targeted suffers Wounds, place a separate Wound
Soldier. counter on the Soldier’s card.

soldier wounds
2
16-52
Example: The Large Truck Example: Duncan suffers a
draws a Reinforcement 1-point Wound from a Sniper
each Turn during the Team’s Attack and a
Reinforcements Draw step. If it is more than 2 Location 2-point Wound from an
cards away from its targeted Soldier, it does not draw a Attack by Flankers. Place 2
Reinforcement card. Move the Large Truck one location separate Wound counters on
closer to its targeted Soldier during the Close Range Duncan, a counter with a 1
step. and a counter with a 2.
Duncan must be Treated for
each Wound separately.
No Location Card
There will be times when a Hostile is Placed in, or Moves
into, a Location space that does not yet have a Location
card.

Place and Move the Hostile cards as normal as if there is

a Location card present.
Mid-Mission Healing
REMOVE SUPPRESS COUNTERS
There are several cards that give you the ability
to Heal Soldier Wounds in the middle of a
Remove one Suppress counter from each Hostile card. Mission, such as a First Aid Kit. You can only
attempt to Heal each Wound once during a
ADVANCE MISSION TIMER Mission. Before rolling to Heal, declare which Wound you
are attempting to Heal.
Move the Timer counter
one space down the
A “Heal 1” effect reduces a
Mission Timer Track.
Wound by 1 point. A “Heal
First Aid Kit 2” reduces a Wound by 2
If you move the counter 2
past the “1” space, you points.
have run out of Time,
If a Heal result completely
and your Mission ends
Heals a Wound, discard the
in failure.
Pay 1 Action and Expend 1 Wound counter.
Bandage to roll for Healing.

Roll Heal Result If a Heal result

6‐ Heal 1
7‐10 Heal 2
does not
4
11+ Heal 3 Bandages completely Heal
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a Wound
counter, replace the Wound

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counter with a Treated Wound counter. The Treated Wound Recalculate your team’s Resource point value each time a
counter shows that the Wound cannot be Treated, Reduced, Soldier is Downed or Removed from the Mission.
or Removed again.
Example: If a 20-Resource
Disregard any unused Heal points left over. Stream Ent 1 point Non-Player Soldier is
Rein: 0-1 Jungle Downed, your team, which
Example: Nurke has suffered a 2-point Wound. Duncan uses started with 52 Resource
Points, would now be worth 32

LOCATION
his First Aid Kit and Heals 1 point of Nurke’s Wound.
Replace the 2 Wound counter with a 1 Resource Points. When
point Treated Wound counter. This drawing Hostiles for the Stream
shows he is still suffering from 1 Location card, you would only
Wound, and the Wound cannot be draw until there are 4 or more
2
Treated, Reduced, or Removed again Hostiles Hostile Experience Points of
during the Mission. Free to play. 29- 3 Hostile cards in the Location
30-49 4
Environ: Fever 4+.
50-74 5 card.
Nature. Always 75-99 7
Example: A Soldier suffers a 2-point Wound. Later in the game, draw for Rein. 100-124 10
you play a Walk It Off Action card to reduce it to a Treated WP-42
125+ 13 Take into account the
1-point Wound. The 1-point Wound cannot be Treated, Resource Point value of all the
Reduced, or Removed again. Player Soldier’s Weapons and
Equipment during the
Example: A Soldier has a 1-point Treated Wound.
recalculation.
You cannot play a Walk It Off Action card to remove
the Treated Wound.
Example: If you started the Mission with 4 Grenades, they
would have been worth 4 Resource Points. If you have 2
Grenades when you recalculate, count them as being worth
2 points.
Outside of Mission Healing
Soldiers participating in a Campaign, or a series of
linked Missions, can receive Healing between
REMOVED SOLDIER OUTCOME
When the Mission is over, roll to determine the status of
Missions as specified in those rules. each Downed or Removed Soldier. If you are playing a one-
time Mission, this is for player interest only.
Out of Mission Healing is not limited to once per Wound
counter. Such Wounds can be Healed multiple times until fully If you are playing in a series of Campaign Missions, this will
Healed. determine the Soldier’s future participation in the
Campaign.
Example: A Soldier is injured in a Private Military Contractor
(PMC) Campaign. At the end of each Week, you roll to see if
your Infirmary is able to Heal the Wounds. Continue rolling If a Soldier receives an “Able to return to Duty” result, he
each Week until all the Wounds are Healed. remains in the Campaign. Any other result removes him
from the Campaign.

DOWNED d10 Soldier’s Status

If a Soldier is reduced to 0 Health or less, the Soldier is Down 8+ Able to return to Duty
and any Wounds can no longer be Healed, Reduced, or 6-7 Medical Discharge
Removed. A Downed Soldier can no longer participate in the 5- KIA
Mission. Immediately remove the Soldier's counter from the
Tactical Display Sheet, and discard any Action cards held by Mod. Soldier’s Condition
the Soldier. +4 Removed with 2 Health.
+2 Removed with 1 Health.
A Downed NPS or Player Soldier leaves behind all of his +0 Removed with 0 Health or less.
Weapons, Equipment, and Ammo in his Location which can +2 If the Objective was completed
be picked up by other Player Soldiers.

You may also voluntarily Remove a Soldier who has been

reduced to 2 or 1 Health from the Mission.

You may Remove Soldiers from the Mission at any time during
the Soldier Turn.

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completing the objective
During the Soldier Turn, any Soldier in the Location
card adjacent to the Objective card can freely
“Activate” the Objective card by declaring it as the
next Location.
Remove the Inactive counter from the Objective when
you Activate it.
Example: During a River Crossing Mission, the
Objective will be in the 6th space. If your Soldier is in
the Location in the 5th space, you can Activate the
Objective card.
Activating the Objective card is the same as playing a
new Location card. Immediately draw the Objective’s
Hostile cards when you Activate the Objective card.
Each Objective card specifies what you need to do to
win.
Your team does not have to be in the Objective card
to win the game.
Your team does not have to be together in the same
Location card to win the game.
Objective Hostile Cards
Place an “Objective Hostile” counter on
each Hostile card drawn toward the
Objective card’s Hostile value.
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If the Objective has the Eliminate Hostiles Keyword, you must
Eliminate all such Hostile cards, even if they were Placed
outside the Objective, or Moved out of the Objective. Also, to
fulfill the Eliminate Hostile’s Keyword condition, there can be
no Hostile cards in the Objective at the end of the Soldier
Turn.
Hostile cards can leave the Objective card as normal during
the Close Range step.
Examples:
You draw a Hostile card as part of the Objective’s Hostile cards
when Activating the Objective. Place an Objective Hostile
counter on the Hostile even if it is Placed outside the Objective.
You draw a Hostile card for a Location, and it is to be Placed in
the Objective. Do not place a Objective Hostile counter on the
Hostile, but to complete the Eliminate Hostiles Keyword, you
must Eliminate the Hostile.
A Hostile card Moves into the Objective. Do not place a
Objective Hostile counter on the Hostile, but to complete the
Eliminate Hostiles Keyword, you must Eliminate the Hostile.
Objective Targets
Some Objectives have a single target
that must be Destroyed to complete
the Mission. For these targets, all
Suppress and Hit results produced by
an Explosion Attack inflict Suppresses
and Hits on the target.
Example: You throw a Grenade at the
Supply Dump and inflict 2 Hits and 2
Suppresses. Both Hits inflict damage on the Supply Dump.The
Suppresses have no effect.
Other Objectives note a specific number of targets, each of
which must be Destroyed with separate Attacks.
Example: The Supply Huts
Objective notes there are 4 Huts
that must be Destroyed. The card
also notes that you must inflict 2
Hits on each Hut, with Explosion
Attacks, to Destroy them, and that
all Hostiles in the Objective must
be Suppressed or EKIA’d in order
to target the Huts.
After Killing the Objective’s
Hostiles, you throw a Grenade at
a Hut and inflict 4 Hits. You only
Destroy 1 Hut. The last 2 Hits
have no effect. You must target
each of the 4 Huts with a different
Attack to Destroy them.
Another Soldier then fires a Flamethrower at a Hut and inflicts 3
Hits. He Destroys the Hut. Your Team must Destroy 2 more Huts
to complete your Mission.

Rule Change: Some Action cards can be used to target

Hostile cards, including attacking the Hostiles as well as the
Target in an Objective card. (Previous versions of this rule
allowed Action cards to only attack Hostiles, but not the
Target.)

Treat these Objective card Hostiles as being a Hostile card

with reticles.

Example: Treat the Supply Huts as being a Hostile card with 4

reticles, one for each Hut.

Success
The game immediately ends in success when you complete
the Objective card’s requirements.

The game ends in failure if you run out of Game Turns, or

when the last member of your team is Downed.

If your last Soldier is Downed in the same Action that you

complete the Objective, the game ends in success.

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 Use all the standard Warfighter rules when New Card Types
conducting a Shadow War night Mission, with the
following exceptions and additions. Shadow War Insertion
replaces the night combat cards and rules appearing HELO (DEFIANT) Details the team’s method of arriving
in the Warfighter Modern Footlocker storage box. at the target.

=NIGHT INSERTION=
In Shadow War, attacking and movement generate Apply the Insertion card’s text at the
Noise. The Hostiles can hear this Noise, become start of the Mission. Each card notes
aware of your presence, and go into normal combat any costs and limitations to your
mode. You want to do your best to keep your Noise to Adds 3 extra Turns to Mission. Soldiers begin the Mission in
the Mission Time.
a minimum, because if they are unaware of you, they May only perform the Mission card as normal.
Noise 0 or 1 Attacks.
won’t attack you, or intentionally move toward you, S-17

and you get very beneficial targeting bonuses when

you attack them.
On The Ground
Once they become aware of your presence, they will GUARD CHANGE Shows any unexpected circumstances
mobilize and deploy reaction forces to hunt you TABQA AIRBASE
at the target.

=ON THE GROUND=

down, making your mission much more difficult.
Most of these cards have a positive
shadow war

and a negative adjustment to the

Set-Up Mission.
For the 1st 5 Turns of the Mission:
When you select your Mission and Objective cards, Add 1 to Activity, and
Add 1 to Hostile Alarm values.
also select an Insertion and Extraction card. Place the For all remaining Mission Turns: These cards are not in the Shadow
Subtract 1 from Activity, and
cards on the indicated spaces on the Tactical Display Subtract 1 from Hostile Alarm
values (minimum 1 Action). War core game box, but they can be
Sheet. 23-8

found in the Shadow War expansion

sets.

Mission Cards
MOVE OUT Shadow War Mission cards have two
NORTH KOREA Entrance 0 new pieces of information: Activity and
Any RPs spent on Insertion and Extraction cards still +0
=NIGHT MISSION=

Confusion.
count toward your overall RP value for the Mission.

Example: You have a maximum of 50 RPs to spend

from the Mission card. You spend 40 RPs on Soldiers
and Gear, and 8 RPs on Insertion and Extraction cards.
Your team has an RP value of 48.
Equipment
Night Gear is highly
recommended when
conducting a Shadow War
Mission. This Gear will help
you to negate Night Entrance
penalties, Reveal Hostiles, as
well as accomplish other
useful functions.
Vehicles
You may not include Soldier Vehicles or Light
Vehicles in Shadow War Missions.
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Activity
0
Activity is a measure of
0
Resources: 42 M/#2 Activity: 3 M/#2 Activity: 3
Time: 10 the target’s general
#3/#4 Activity: 2 #3/#4 Activity: 2
Objective: #4 Confusion: 8
Loadout: +0 Confusion: 8
Noise and Activity level
Decrease all Location
S-24
Entrance costs by 2. during the Mission.
The higher the Activity value, the
better it is for you. When adjusting the Noise counter at the
end of each Turn, retreat the Noise counter a number of
spaces on the Noise Track equal to the Activity value.
Some Mission cards have a negative Activity value. Negative
Activity values advance the Noise counter, instead of retreating
it.
As you place Location cards, the Activity value decreases.
When determining the Activity level, use the Location of the
right-most Location card placed, or the Objective, if it has
been Activated. The Activity value for each set of Location
cards is shown on the Mission cards.
Example: Using the card shown above, if the right-most
Location is the Mission card or Location #2, the Activity has a
value of 3. If there is a Location card placed in Location #3 or
#4, the Activity has a value of 2.
Confusion Example: The Location’s Rein. Roll is 1-3. The next Hostile’s
#3/#4 Activity: 2 Confusion is a measure of how much time it value is 3. You cannot roll a 0, so you automatically discard the
Confusion: 8 takes the enemy to react once the alarm is Hostile card.
sounded. The higher this value, the better it
Distraction Location Cards
is for you. Once the enemy goes On Alert, you will reduce the Structure.
OVERSEER HUT Some Locations
Noise counter by this number of spaces on the Track. Distraction (2).
Entrance
Rein. Roll: 1-5 NORTH KOREA 1 have the
+3

=NIGHT LOCATION=
“Distraction (x)”
Location Cards notation. When you have a Soldier in
FIELD Every Night Location has
Rein. Roll: 1-4 NORTH KOREA
Entrance 3 Entrance 3
an additional Entrance 0
one of these Locations, the Soldier
may deploy Triggered Weapons to
+2
=NIGHT LOCATION=

+2 penalty printed under the 3 Actions from any

normal Entrance cost. This
is the Location’s Night Entrance
2 penalty. A Soldier must pay this
1 Action to play. Hostiles
29- 0 penalty in discards if he has not
Nature. 30-49 1
Add 2 to the Entrance 50-74 2 negated the Night Entrance penalty.
cost for each Hostile 75-99 4
card in this Location. 100-124 7 Movement skill and standard Action
S-33 125+ 10
cards, such as Advance, cannot be
used to pay Night Entrance penalties. Only card effects that
specifically note “Night Entrance penalty” can be used to pay
the Night Entrance cost.
Example: I Move a Player Soldier into
the Location card shown above. He
has a Move value of 4. This pays for
the Entrance cost of 3, but does not
carry over to the Night Entrance
penalty. He then discards a card to use
his Night Goggles to pay the 2
discards of the Night Entrance penalty.
Hostiles
29- 1 create a future Distraction. You must
Soldiers to play. 30-49 2
Structure. 50-74 3 have the minimum number of rolls of
Distraction (2).
75-99 5
100-124 8 Triggered Weapons in the Location to
S-32 125+ 11
create a Distraction. Placing the
Weapons is not an Action. Placing more than the minimum
number of Weapon dice has no additional effect. Place the
Weapon counters on the Location card to note their
placement.
Example: The Location has a “Distraction (2)” notation. To
perform a Distraction, you must leave at least 2 Attack dice of
Triggered Gear in the Location. You leave a Triggered Gear with
3 Attack dice.
You may Trigger the Weapons in a Location at any time. Each
Location’s Weapons are separately Triggered. Triggering a
Weapon is not an Action, and is not considered to be an
Attack. When you Trigger a Weapon, Eliminate a number of
random Hostile cards in that Location equal to the Location’s
noted Distraction dice. Gain XP from these Hostiles as normal.
Treat the Noise generated as normal.

Example: I play the Engine Room Location card in a Mission

against the Golden Nori. The Location has the Distraction (2)
Rein. Roll Keyword. I have an M18 Claymore with me. After entering the
During the Hostile’s Turn, resolve a Rein. Location, I place my M18 Claymore. My Claymore has 4 rolls of
Rein. Roll: 1-4 N Roll for each Location with a Soldier. Explosions, which is more than the 2 rolls needed by this
Location’s Distraction value. The Claymore’s 2 extra rolls will
=

Night Locations use “Reinforce Roll” rules instead of the
normal Reinforce rules, and have “Rein. Roll” instead of
“Reinforce” printed along their tops.
Roll a die during the Reinforcement Draw step instead of
drawing the next Hostile card. Roll a die during the
Reinforcement Draw step, then draw the next Hostile card.
Add the Hostile card’s value to the die roll. If the Hostile’s
value plus the roll falls into the card’s Rein. Roll range, draw
the Hostile card and put it into play.
have no effect.
Later, I decide to Trigger my Claymore as a Distraction. There
are 3 Hostiles in the Location. 2 random Hostile cards in the
Engine Room are Eliminated. I gain XP for the 2 Hostile cards.
Placing my Claymore, Triggering my Claymore, and Eliminating
Hostile cards cost no Actions.
I move the Noise counter by 20 spaces up the Noise Track, 5
noise for each Explosion die on the Claymore card. This moves
the Noise counter into the Alarm Sounded circle.

Example: The Location’s Rein. Roll is 1-4. The next Hostile’s

value is 1. If you roll a 1, 2, or 3, draw the Hostile.

If the Hostile’s value plus the roll does not fall into the card’s
Rein. Roll range, discard the Hostile.

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Reaction Force Hostile Cards New Counter Types
Separate these special Hostile cards
and place them off to the side for
Noise
Used to track the
possible later use.
current Noise level.
Reaction Force Hostiles only enter
Place the Noise counter
play when the target goes On Alert.
on the lowest circle of the Noise Track.
Reaction Forces Move and Attack as
regular Hostiles. Unaware/Pauses
Used to show each Hostile card’s
awareness of your presence.

Extraction Cards
VEHICLE (M998 HMMWV) Details the team’s method of leaving
Rein. Roll: None Entrance 3 the target. Unaware Target
+4 Drawn from a cup when you declare a Ranged
=NIGHT EXTRACTION=

The Extraction card is treated as being Attack against an Unaware or Pauses Hostile.
adjacent to the Objective card.
1 Do not draw these counters for Hand to Hand
Each Extraction card notes costs and Attacks.
Keep Clear 2. limitations to your Mission. Your
Soldiers must meet the conditions on Enemy Mobilization Status Counter
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the Extraction card to end the Mission. Used to show the alert status of the enemy forces.

Standard Extraction
To perform a Standard Extraction you must first complete the
Objective. Once the Objective is completed, Soldiers can
enter the Extraction card from any Location cards, as well as
Moving between the Extraction card and any Location cards. Mobilized
You may meet, or attempt to start meeting, the Extraction Used to indicate which Locations have been
card’s condition once all Soldiers are in the Extraction card. Mobilized.

Example: There are 4 Soldiers in the Mission. Near the end of

the Mission, 1 Soldier is in the Objective card in Location #5, 2
Soldiers are in Location #4, and 1 Soldier is in Location #3. Going For Alarm
Used to indicate Hostiles that are
The Soldier in the Objective completes the Objective.
aware of your presence, and are
All Soldiers can now Move directly to the Extraction card. trying to sound the alarm.

Abort Mission Extraction

You may only declare an Abort Mission Extraction if the
Objective has not been completed. Once you declare an Abort New Ammo Types
Mission Extraction, the Objective cannot be completed. If you Shadow War introduces two kinds of Ammo, in addition to the
somehow complete the Objective after declaring an Abort standard Ammo: Black and Subsonic. These Ammo types can
Mission Extraction, ignore the completed result. Once you be used in non-Shadow War Missions, although there is no
declare an Abort Mission Extraction, Soldiers can enter the practical reason to do so.
Extraction card from any Location cards, as well as Moving
between the Extraction card and any Location cards. You may Standard Ammo
meet, or attempt to start meeting, the Extraction card’s The standard Ammo used in Warfighter. There are
condition once all Soldiers are in the Extraction card. no adjustments.

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Black Ammo
This Ammo is optimized for night combat. These
are heavy subsonic rounds. This Ammo makes
less Noise when fired. Pay 1 RP for each Black
Ammo counter you select.

This Ammo may only be used for: Pistols, SMGs, Carbines,

Rifles, and Machine Guns.

Subsonic Ammo
This Ammo has a lower velocity, and thus lower
Penetration. This Ammo also makes less Noise
when fired, but it suffers from a -2 Penetration
modifier.

This Ammo may only be used for: Pistols, SMGs, Carbines,

Rifles, and Machine Guns.

Ammo Selection
You may now select the individual Ammo counters assigned
to each Weapon. Select whichever counter you want loaded
into the Weapon at the start of the Mission.

When you perform a Reload, you may select from any of the
Weapon’s remaining Ammo counters.

You may also perform a Reload to exchange the current

Ammo counter for a different Ammo counter. In this situation,
do not discard the Weapon’s Ammo counter.

Example: Your Weapon has 6 Ammo counters. You decide to

purchase 2 Black Ammo counters for 1 RP each, 2 Subsonic
Ammo counters at no cost, and 2 standard Ammo counters at
no cost. You then decide to start with a Black Ammo loaded.

Non-Player Soldiers
You may select and purchase any of the 3 Ammo types for
your Non-Player Soldiers.

Example: Your NPS’s Weapon has 4 Ammo counters. You

decide to purchase 2 Black Ammo counters for 1 RP each, and
2 standard Ammo counters at no cost. You then decide to start
with a Black Ammo loaded.

Starting with Special Ammo

Some Soldiers have a number of Black or Subsonic Ammo
counters that they start the Mission with noted on their cards.

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 Shadow War Hostiles do not know of your presence Pauses - They stop because they think they heard
until you make enough Noise to attract their attention. or saw something.
Hostiles have several escalating levels of awareness
of your presence. In the final stage of awareness, they
Move and Attack like a regular Hostile card.
Going For Alarm - They know your Soldiers are
Until the Shadow War Hostiles are aware of you, they nearby, and they are trying to alert the others.
Move randomly and will not Attack.

Shadow War Soldiers are usually lighter armed than Mobilized - They are fully aware of your nearby
daylight Soldiers. Try to attract as little attention as Soldiers and act like regular Hostiles.
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possible, to keep the Hostiles unaware of your

Soldiers for as long as possible. If you are forced into
a stand-up fight, the Mission will go badly in a hurry.
Unaware or Pauses Hostile Actions
Hostiles Hostiles perform Actions based on their respective status.

NORTH KOREA / MILITARY

Unaware - The Hostile does not perform Close Range
Stationary Search: 4 2 Movement or Attack. It performs Random Movement.

Pauses or Going For Alarm - The Hostile does not perform

GUARD POST

Close Range Movement, Random Movement, or Attack.

2 1 Aware - The Hostile performs Close Range Movement and

Roll Roll Attack (Range 0-1)
5- 7- Miss Attacks as normal.
6+ 8+ 1 Wound
Structure. Evade (5 XP). Alarm 2.
3 Pay 2 XP for each Soldier to Reaction Force - The Reaction Force Hostile performs Close
Enter this Location. Immobile.
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Range Movement and Attacks as normal.

Unrevealed Side Revealed Side Whether a Hostile is Unrevealed or Revealed does not affect
its Move and Attack Actions.
Shuffle the Hostile cards as normal, and place the
cards with their Unrevealed sides face up on the <- X-X -> Random Hostile Movement
Tactical Display Sheet. Roll a die for each Unaware Hostile.

The Unrevealed side of Hostile cards are more deadly If the roll is less than the number range
than the Revealed sides. Unaware sides tend to have shown on the Hostile’s card, Move the
a higher Cover, more Reticles, deadlier Attack Hostile 1 Location to the left.
information, and so on.
If the roll is in the number range, don’t Move the Hostile card.
It is almost always a good tactic to Reveal Hostile
cards as soon as possible. If the roll is greater than the number range, Move the Hostile
card 1 Location to the right.
Status
Hostiles have 4 status levels. These descriptions are Example: For the Hostile card above, you roll a 2. Move the
Hostile card 1 Location to the left.
for informational purposes only.
If you had rolled a 6, the Hostile would not Move.
Unaware – They have no clue that your
Soldiers are in the area. If you had rolled a 9, the Hostile would Move 1 Location to the
right.

If a Hostile Moves to the left of the Mission card, or to the right

of the Extraction card, remove it from the Mission, and do not
gain XP. If it has a Going For Alarm counter in play, the counter
remains in play and advances as normal.

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Do not Move Hostile cards with a “Stationary” Random
Movement notation.

Do not Move Hostile cards with an “Objective Hostile” counter

out of the Objective card due to Random Hostile Movement.

Hostile Targeting Counters

Normally, you draw Hostile Targeting counters for
Hostile cards when they enter play. In Shadow
War, you do not draw a Hostile Targeting counter
for a Hostile until it becomes Aware.

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 You perform the same basic Actions as for a daytime
Mission. In addition to your normal Actions, you will
also Reveal Hostiles to get a clear picture of the threat
they represent, and do your best to avoid making too
much Noise.
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Avoiding Hostiles is also handy. When they are close
by, the Noise level increases due to their inherent
search abilities. If too many Hostiles spend too long
in close proximity, they will discover you sooner or
later.
Placing and Revealing Hostiles
During the Mission, draw Hostile cards as normal.
The Unrevealed sides are deadlier. They have more
Reticles, higher Defeat Cover ratings, and better
Attacks.
When placing a new Hostile card, place it with its
Unrevealed side face up, and place an Unaware
counter on it.
If a Hostile card is to be placed to the left of the
Mission card, place it in the Mission card. If a Hostile
is to be placed to the right of the Extraction card,
place it in the Extraction card.
Revealing Hostiles
Revealing a Hostile is the act of flipping its card from
its Unrevealed side to its Revealed side. The Hostile
card keeps any counters already on it when it is
Revealed.
You Reveal Hostile cards by using your Night
Equipment. Each Equipment card specifies the roll or
cost needed to Reveal a Hostile card. When you
Reveal a Hostile card flip it from its Unrevealed side to
its Revealed side.
Unless noted as being an Action, Revealing a Hostile
does not use an Action.
Movement Noise (Shadows Skill)
When a Soldier declares an Action to Move to a
different Location, roll for the Soldier’s Shadows Skill.
If the Soldier makes a successful Shadows roll, the
Action generates 0 Noise. If the roll fails, the Action
generates 1 Noise.
Example: A Soldier has Shadows 8+. You Move her
into an adjacent Location card and roll a 9 for her
Shadows Skill. A success. She does not make any
Noise.
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Example: A Soldier has Shadows 8+. You Move him into an
adjacent Location card and roll a 7 for his Shadows Skill. A
failure. He makes 1 Noise.
Attacking Hostiles
To Kill a Hostile card, you need to do any 1 of 3 things,
depending on its status:
(1) If Unrevealed, EKIA all its Unrevealed Reticles.
(2) If Revealed, EKIA all its Revealed Reticles, as normal.
(3) If you have placed EKIAs on an Unrevealed Hostile and
you then Reveal it, it might be immediately Killed. This is
because while the EKIAs are not enough to Kill all the
Unrevealed card’s Reticles, they are enough to Kill all the
Revealed card’s Reticles. In this situation the Soldier who
Reveals the Hostile card gets the XP.
Example: You have been attacking an Unrevealed Hostile card
with 4 Reticles. You have inflicted 3 EKIAs. You then use Night
Goggles to Reveal the Hostile card. The Revealed side has
only 2 Reticles. Immediately Kill the Hostile card, and the
Revealing Soldier gains its XP.
Attacking an Unaware or Pauses Hostile
When a Soldier declares, and pays for, an Attack
against a Hostile card with an Unaware or Pauses
counter, draw an Unaware Target counter from
the cup
Do not draw an Unaware Target counter when targeting a
Vehicle, Structure, Door, Inanimate, or Aircraft, unless the
Hostile has the Vulnerable Keyword. Draw an Unaware Target
counter as normal against Vulnerable Hostile cards.
Unaware Target counters have the following effects on your
Attack:
No Shot – The Soldier cannot perform this Attack. The Action
is wasted. The Soldier can declare and pay for a new Attack.
+X, +X – Add the top number to the Soldier’s Attack rolls, and
the bottom number to the Soldier’s Defeat Cover roll.
EKIA, No Roll – Place an EKIA on the Hostile card for each
Attack die to be rolled. No rolls needed. Do not roll to check
for Reloading.
1 XP, EKIA, No Roll – The Soldier must pay 1 XP to perform
this Attack. If you choose to, place an EKIA on the Hostile card
for each Attack die to be rolled. No rolls needed. Do not roll to
check for Reloading.
EKIA, No Roll, GFA - Place an EKIA on the Hostile card for
each Attack die to be rolled. No rolls needed. Do not roll to
check for Reloading. If there is a Hostile in the Soldier’s
Location, or the Target’s Location, change a random Hostile’s
status in those Locations to Going For Alarm (GFA). If there
are no Hostiles in either Location, do not place a Going For
Alarm counter.
After drawing the Unaware Target counter, you may choose to
resolve the Attack as normal, or you may choose not to
perform the Attack. If you choose not to Attack, the Action
remains paid for, and it still counts as an Action, albeit a
wasted one.
Example: You declare an Attack, and draw an Unaware Target
counter. It is a “+3 / +0”. You may perform the Attack and add
3 to your Attack die rolls, or you may choose not to do the
Attack, and waste the Action.
Use the Unaware Target Attack Chart
on the Shadow War Tactical Display
Sheet to determine the outcome of the
Attack.
If the Attack results in an EKIA or Going For Alarm, but does
not Eliminate the last Reticle on the Hostile card, place a
Going For Alarm counter on the Hostile card and the Going
For Alarm Track.
Example: The Hostile card has 3 Reticles. You Attack it and
inflict 1 EKIA. Place 1 EKIA and 1 Going For Alarm counter on
the Hostile card.
After resolving the Attack, or choosing to not perform the
Attack, return the Unaware Target counter to the cup.
Attacking an Aware Hostile
Hostiles that do not have an Unaware or Pauses counter are
Aware Hostiles.
Hostiles that do not have an Unaware or Pauses counter, do
not draw an Unaware Target counter. Resolve the Attack as
normal.
Use the Normal Target Attack Chart on the Tactical Display
Sheet to determine the outcome of the Attack.
Attack Noise
After resolving the Attack, advance the Noise counter along
the Noise Track. See the Soldier Actions Chart on the Tactical
Display Sheet for the Noise generated by each type of Attack.
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Black Ammo and Subsonic Ammo generate 5 Noise for
each Attack die rolled. Normal Ammo generates 10 Noise
for each Attack die rolled. A Suppressed Weapon reduces
the Noise generated by each Attack die.
Example: A standard M4 Carbine firing standard Ammo
creates 10 Noise with each Attack die rolled.
Example: Subsonic or Black Ammo creates 5
Noise per Attack die, and a Suppressed M4
Carbine reduces the Noise by 3 for each die.
This results in each M4 Black Ammo Attack die
generating 2 Noise.
Explosion Attacks generate 5 Noise for each Attack die
rolled.
Example: You throw a 4-die Grenade at a Hostile card. It
generates 20 Noise.
Example: You use a 2-die Trigger device as a Distraction. It
generates 10 Noise.
A Hand to Hand Attack that inflicts an EKIA generates 0
Noise. Any other Hand to Hand Attack result generates 1
Noise.
Evading Hostiles
Soldiers can pay XP to Evade Hostiles using the normal
Evasion rules.
Example: The Hostile card has an “Evade (3 XP)” notation.
You can pay 3 XP during the Soldier Turn to discard the
Hostile.
Soldiers can pay to Evade a Hostile that has a Going For
Alarm counter. When you do so, discard the Hostile card.
The Hostile’s Going For Alarm counter remains on the track
and advances as normal.
 As you generate Noise with your Actions, and as the
Hostiles search for you, the Noise counter advances
up the track. The higher it gets, the better the chance
of the Hostiles discovering you.
Once a Hostile notices your presence and goes for
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the alarm, you have only a handful of Actions to
Eliminate the Hostile card before it alerts all the
enemy forces.
Noise Track
The Noise Track is divided into 6
sections. Each section lists the
die roll ranges for Going For
Alarm and Pauses.
The lowest section has None for
Going For Alarm and 1- for
Pauses.
The next section has None for
Going For Alarm and 3- for
Pauses.
The next section has 2- for Going
For Alarm and 3-5 for Pauses.
And so on up the Track.
If the die roll does not fall into the
Pauses or Going For Alarm die
roll ranges, it has no effect.
If an Action generates 1 or more
Noise, advance the Noise counter
on the Noise Track the number of
spaces equal to the Noise
generated by the Action.
Each time a Soldier performs an
Action that generates Noise,
advance the Noise counter along the
Noise Track.
If an Action ends up having a
negative value because of modifiers,
it generates 0 Noise.
Example: A Pistol Attack generates 0
Noise, and there is another card in
effect that subtracts 1 from all Noise
generated. The Pistol creates 0
Noise.
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If there is a Hostile card in the Soldier’s Location, or the
Targeted Hostile’s Location, roll on the Noise Track. If the
result is Pauses, flip a random Hostile’s Unaware counter in
the Soldier’s Location or the target’s Location to its Pauses
side.
If the result is Going For Alarm, replace a random Hostile’s
Pauses or Unaware counter in the Soldier’s Location or the
target’s Location with a Going For Alarm counter.
Example: Your Soldier Moves into a Location, fails his Shadows
roll and generates 1 Noise. You advance the Noise counter by
1 space along the track. The Noise counter is now in the
middle space of the third section (Going For Alarm 2- and
Pauses 3-5) from the bottom. You roll a 1. This means a random
Hostile in the Soldier’s new Location is Going For Alarm.
If you had rolled a 4, a random Hostile in the Location would
Pause.
If you had rolled a 7, there would have been no effect to
advancing the Noise counter.
Example: A Soldier in Location #3 Attacks a Hostile card in
Location #5. The Black Ammo generates 5 Noise, less 2 Noise
for the Suppressed Weapon’s Noise reduction, for a total of 3
Noise. You advance the Noise counter 3 spaces. If there are
any Hostiles in Location #3 or #5, roll to see if any of them
Pause or Go For Alarm. If one is Pausing or Going For Alarm,
randomly determine which Hostile in Location #3 or #5 is
doing so.
If an Unaware Hostile receives a
Pauses result, flip its Unaware counter
to its Pauses side.
If a Hostile already has a
Pauses counter, and it is
about to gain a second
Pauses counter, instead,
replace its Pauses counter with a Going For Alarm counter.
If a Hostile already has a Going For Alarm counter,
any additional Going For Alarm counters to be
placed on the Hostile card are ignored.
Anytime you place a Going For Alarm
counter on a Hostile, also place a
Going For Alarm counter with the
same number on the Going For Alarm
Track. Each Hostile card notes which space on the track to
place its Going For Alarm counter.
Example: A Hostile card is Going For Alarm. You place a Going
For Alarm #1 counter on the Hostile card, and a second Going
For Alarm #1 counter on the Going For Alarm Track.

A second Hostile also starts Going For Alarm. Place #2

counters on the Hostile card and track.

When you Eliminate a Hostile card, discard its Unaware,

Pauses, and both of its Going For Alarm counters.

Reaction Forces
Reaction Force Hostile cards do not have an Unrevealed side.
Do not place an Unaware counter on them.

Going For Alarm Track

Shadow War resolves some activities Action by
Action, such as Hostiles Going For Alarm. To clarify,
an Action is still counted as an Action, even if the
Soldier did not have to pay an Action to perform it.

Example: A Soldier plays a Snap Shot card to perform an Attack

without paying an Action. You still advance the Going For Alarm
counters after resolving the Action.

Example: Due to the Noise an Action generated, a Hostile

received a Going For Alarm counter. A Hostile card has an
“Alarm 4” notation. You place a “Going For Alarm 1” counter on
the Hostile, and on the Going For Alarm Track on the “4”
space. One of your Soldiers performs an Attack. After resolving
the Attack, you advance the Hostile’s Going For Alarm counter
to the 3 space. A Soldier Moves. You advance the counter to
the 2 space. A Soldier performs a Discard and Draw. You
advance the counter to the 1 space. A Soldier attempts to
Attack the Hostile, but draws a “No Shot” counter. You advance
the counter to the “Alarm Sounded” space.

After resolving an Action, advance each counter on the Going

For Alarm Track by 1 space. If any Reticles on a Hostile card
are Suppressed, do not advance its counter.

Example: The Hostile card has 2 Reticles. You inflict 1

Suppress on the card. Since the Hostile card has 1 or more
Suppress counters, do not advance its Going For Alarm
counter on the track.

Hostile Movement and Attacks

If a Hostile does not have an Unaware, Pauses, or Going For
Alarm counter, it Moves and Attacks as normal.

Hostile Attacks
Move the Enemy Mobilization Status counter to the On Alert
space if a Hostile performs an Attack.

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 As you go farther into the Location cards, the enemy
activity decreases, and it becomes easier for them to
shadow war - night activity & alarm
detect you. Once the Noise counter or a Going For
Alarm counter enters an Alarm Sounded space on the
tracks, the enemy will quickly track you down.
Once the alarm sounds, the enemy forces go through
a brief period of confusion. This makes it easier for
you to perform Actions and not be noticed.
However, once the alarm is sounded, if you do
anything that would cause a Hostile to Pauses or Go
For Alarm, the Hostile instead becomes aware of you
and acts like a regular Hostile.
Also, once the alarm sounds, a wave of alert and
mobilized Hostiles forces rises up from the first
Location cards and begins sweeping through the
Locations in search of you.
Night Activity
Flip all Hostile Pauses counters back to their Unaware
sides.
Advance all Going For Alarm counters 1 space on the
track.
Adjust Noise Counter
Each Hostile has 1 to 3 Search
ratings printed on its card. From
left to right, these numbers are
the Hostile’s Search value at Range 0, Range 1, and
Range 2 from the Soldier. Advance the Noise counter
the indicated number of spaces when at Range 0,
Range 1, and Range 2.
If there are Soldiers at more than one Range from the
Hostile, use the Range with the highest Search value.
Example: The Hostile shown above advances the
Noise counter 2 spaces at Range 0, 6 spaces at
Range 1, or 4 spaces at Range 2. There is a Soldier at
Range 0, and a second Soldier at Range 1. Advance
the Noise counter 6 spaces because that is the higher
of the two Search numbers.
Example: There are 2 Hostiles at Range 0 to your
Soldiers. They have Range 0 Search values of 2 and 3.
There are also 3 Hostiles at Range 1 from the nearest
Soldiers with Range 1, 2, and 3 Search values of 0, 2,
and 1. You would advance the Noise counter 8 spaces
(2 + 3 + 0 + 2 + 1).
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If there are Soldiers at more than one Range from the
Hostile with a negative Search value, use the Range with
the lowest Search value.
0 The Mission card’s Activity value
indicates the number of spaces to
42 M/#2 Activity: 3 retreat (move downward) the Noise
10 #3/#4 Activity: 2 counter on the Noise Track based
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on the position of the right-most Location card in play.
After taking into account all Noise modifiers, adjust the
Noise counter on the track.
Example: Due to Hostile card Search values, you advance
the Noise counter by 8, but due to the Activity value of the
right-most Location, you retreat the Noise counter by 3.
Overall, you only advance the Noise counter by 5.
Alarm Sounded
If the Noise counter enters its Alarm Sounded
circle, or a Going For Alarm counter enters its
Alarm Sounded square, move the Enemy
Mobilization Status counter to the On Alert
space on the Tactical Display Sheet.
Once the Enemy Mobilization Status counter enters the On
Alert square, it remains there for the remainder of the
Mission.
Once the Enemy Mobilization Status counter is in the On
Alert space any time a Pauses or Going For Alarm counter
is to be placed on a Hostile card, do not place the counter,
and remove all Unaware, Pauses, and Going For Alarm
counters from the Hostile card. The Hostile is now Aware.
Discard Suppress Counters
Discard the Suppress counters from all Hostile cards.
Alarm Sounded
First Turn On Alert
If this is the first Night Activities step that the
Enemy Mobilization counter is in the On Alert
space, perform the following steps.
Place Mobilized counters on the Mission card
and Location #2.
Remove all Unaware, Pauses, and Going For Alarm
counters from all Hostiles in the Mission card and in
Location #2.
Place a Reaction Force Hostile card in Location #2. Do not
place an Unaware counter on the Reaction Force.
Confusion
After the Alarm Sounds, retreat the Noise counter down the
track a number of circles equal to the Mission card’s
Confusion value.
After First Turn On Alert
If the Turn started with the Enemy Mobilization Status counter
in the On Alert space, perform the following steps.
Place a Mobilized counter and Reaction Force Hostile card in
the Location to the right of the right-most Location that already
has a Mobilized counter. Do not place an Unaware counter on
the Reaction Force. The number of Reaction Force Hostiles in
the deck do limit the number of Reaction Forces that can be in
play at the same time.
Do not place a Mobilization counter or Reaction Force card in
the Extraction card.
Remove all Unaware, Pauses, and Going For Alarm counters
from all Hostiles in all Mobilized Locations.
Extended Example
The Objective card is in Location #5. You have Soldier Smith
in Location #4, Soldier Murphy in Location #3, and Soldier
Jones in Location #2.
Soldier Murphy makes a Melee Attack against a Hostile in his
Location, and inflicts an EKIA on 1 of the Hostile’s 3 Reticles.
You place the EKIA counter, as well as a Going For Alarm #1
counter on the Hostile because you inflicted an EKIA or
Suppress on the Hostile, but all the Reticles on the card are not
suffering an EKIA or Suppress. The Hostile has an “Alarm 3”, so
you also place a Going For Alarm #1 counter on the “3” space
of the Going For Alarm Track.
Smith is out of Actions and Jones only has a Range 0 SMG and
1 Action remaining.
You Move Jones into Location #3. Since an Action has been
resolved, you advance the Going For Alarm counter from the
“3” to “2”.
Smith, however, does have a Snap Shot Action card. You play
the card, Smith performs an Attack on the Hostile, but Misses.
You advance the Noise counter. You also advance the Going
For Alarm counter to “1”.
This ends the Soldier Turn, and you begin the Hostile Turn.
During the Hostile Turn, the Hostile still retains its Unaware
counter, which means the Hostile cannot Move or Attack.
You perform Random Movement for all Hostiles that are not
Suppressed, Pausing, or Going For Alarm.
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You advance the Going For Alarm counter to the Alarm
Sounded space. You then move the Enemy Mobilization
counter to the On Alert space.
You proceed to the Night Activities portion of the Hostile
Turn.
Since this is the first Night Activities step in which the Enemy
Mobilization counter is in the On Alert space, you place
Mobilized counters in the Mission card and Location #2.
You place a Reaction Force in Location #2. You also remove
the Unaware, Pauses, and Going For Alarm counters from all
the Hostiles in the Mission card and Location #2.
You then retreat the Noise counter 10 spaces because the
Mission card has a Confusion value of 10.
You then resolve the next Soldier Turn.
Smith takes another shot at the Hostile card, and inflicts an
EKIA. It also inflicts a Suppress on the third Reticle since it
was a Suppressed Attack. You would normally place a Going
For Alarm counter on the Hostile due to the Attack. However,
since the enemy is On Alert, you instead remove all of their
Unaware, Pauses, and Going For Alarm counters. The
Hostile is now Aware.
Smith’s Attack generated 2 Noise, so you advance the Noise
counter 2 spaces and roll to see if a Hostile in Location #3
noticed the Attack.
There are three Hostile cards in Location #3: the one you
have been Attacking, plus two more. You roll a Pauses
result. You then roll to see which of the three Hostiles in that
Location Pauses. You roll, and one of the two Hostiles that
have not been Attacked Pauses. However, since the enemy
is On Alert, instead of Pausing, you remove their Unaware
counter. That Hostile is now Aware.
You resolve the remainder of the Soldier Turn. Murphy and
Smith Move from Location #3 to Location #4.
You resolve the Hostile Turn.
The Reaction Force in Location #2 Closes Range to
Location #3.
When you resolve the Night Activities steps, since the Enemy
Mobilization counter was in the On Alert space at the start of
the Turn, and the right-most Mobilized Location is Location
#2, you place a Mobilized counter in Location #3. You
place a Reaction Force in Location #3. You also remove the
Unaware, Pauses, and Going For Alarm counters from all the
Hostiles in Location #3.
The Mission continues.
campaigns
A Campaign is a series of linked Missions that take
place in a specific setting. Not all eras will have
Campaigns. Select the Campaign sheet you wish to
play and place it next to the Tactical Display Sheet.
1 – Title: The Campaign’s title, whether you will be
playing an Offensive or Defensive Campaign, and
historical information.
2 - General Information: Designates your Nation,
your starting Resource Points to create Squads, the
enemy Nation, the Region type, the number of Weeks
(Campaign Turns) the Campaign runs, and any
Expansions needed to play the Campaign.
3 – Mission / Location Cards: Lists the Mission or
Location cards you will need for the Campaign.
4 – Objective / Location Cards: Lists the Objective or
Location cards you will need for the Campaign.
5 – Rules: The special rules used by the Campaign.
Where Campaign rules conflict with the rulebook,
Campaign rules take precedence.
6 – Map: The Campaign map. The arrow-headed lines
show the direction of travel between Missions.
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7 - Victory: The Victory Chart that shows how well you did
during your Campaign.
SQUAD CREATION
Purchase your Soldiers, Skills, and Gear as normal using the
Campaign sheet’s starting RP limit.
Divide your Soldiers into 1 or more Squads.
Assign each Squad a Squad counter. Your
Soldiers and the Gear they have will remain within
these Squads throughout the Campaign.
Campaigns limit the RP you begin with and the maximum
number of Squads you may start with. This is based on the
number of START squares on a Campaign sheet.
Fill out the Campaign Log Sheet.
Each Squad performs 1 Mission each Week.
Example: You are playing an Offensive Campaign with 3
Squads. During a Week of the Campaign, Squad #1 runs a
Mission to attack an Artillery Position. Squad #2 attacks an
Airfield, and Squad #3 attacks Bunkers.
OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGNS
Wake Island Invasion 1941 (Offensive) Objs
4
Evaluation
Outstanding
The Japanese attack on Wake Island began simultaneously with their 3 Well Done
attack on Pearl Harbor. Defending the island were 850 marines and 50 2 Solid Work
Marine aviators of VMF‐211 along with 68 Navy sailors and six coastal 1 Questioning
guns. Crushing the first enemy attack, the Japanese launched a second on 0 Shameful
December 23rd which captured the island.

Sniper
Hunt

START

Shore
Install.

Arty.
Position

Bunkers

Japan Starting Objectives: Special Rules

35 RP Locations: Shore ‐ You cannot select any Soldiers with an RP value
Warm Jungle Installation greater than 16.
‐ If you do not complete at least 1 Objective during
=Hostiles= Steep Rise Bunkers
the 1st Week, the Campaign ends with a Shameful
United States Brick Building Sniper Hunt result.
Road Artillery ‐ Completed Objective: Gain 4 RP of Soldiers, Skills,
=Region= Position and/or Gear.
Muddy Slope
Jungle ‐ Did not Complete Objective: Gain 2 RP of Soldiers,
Killing Ground
Skills, and/or Gear.
=Weeks=
5

=Expansions=
14 and 15

You do not use a Mission card for Offensive Missions. Roll on

Set-Up the following chart to determine the Location space of the
Place the Enemy Held Objective, the number of Turns you have to complete the
counters in all the squares Objective, and other information and other Effects as
on the map. stipulated.

Roll Location# Turns Effect

2- 4 7 Add 3 to the Hostile value of the Objective
3-4 5 9 Add 1 to the Entrance cost of each Location
5-6 6 10 No adjustment
7-8 7 12 Gain 1 Squad Soldier (7 RP or less)
Place your Squad counters in the noted Starting
9+ 8 15 Gain 12 RP of Soldiers and Gear
squares. Your Squads start in squares with Enemy
Held counters. Limit of 1 Squad per Starting
square. Conduct Missions
Conduct a Mission for each Squad using the Starting Location
Start of Each Week card and Objective card pairing.
Conduct a Mission for your current Objective’s square. Recalculate each Squad’s RP at the start of each Mission for
purposes of the Hostile charts on Location and Objective
Use the Objective card noted in the square.
cards.
Draw a random Starting Location card and place it in Location
Your Squad regains the number of Resource Points it lost or
space #1. This serves as the first Location of your Mission,
expended during the Mission. You may use these RP to
instead of a Mission card. The Location card starts the Mission
purchase new Soldiers, Gear, and Skills.
in play. You do not have to pay its Entrance and Action/XP
costs to play it. Also, do not draw Hostiles when placing the Example: Your Squad began the Mission with 27 RP. After the
Starting Location card. Mission, due to Downed Soldiers and Expended Gear, the
Squad is only worth 15 RP. The Squad regains 12 RP.

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If You Complete the Objective Weapons freely regain the Ammo printed on their cards. All
Your Squad gains the Resource Points listed on the Campaign Expendables, such as Grenades and Rockets, may be
sheet for completing the Objective. You may purchase repurchased. Ammo beyond that printed on the Weapon
Soldiers, Gear, and Skills. cards may also be purchased.

Flip the Enemy Held counter to its Friendly Held Update the Campaign Log Sheet based on your purchases.
side. Determine the new Resource Point totals for each Squad
based on their current Soldiers, Weapons, and Gear.
Move the Squad along a line leading out of its
square to an adjacent square. Squads can freely move End of Campaign
through Friendly Held squares without stopping. Compare the number of Objectives
completed to the Campaign’s Victory
If You Did Not Complete the Objective Chart to determine your level of
Your Squad gains the Resource Points listed on the Campaign success (or failure).
sheet for not completing the Objective. You may purchase
Soldiers, Gear, and Skills.

Do not flip the Enemy Held counter.

Do not move the Squad counter out of its square.

Your Squad will attempt the same Mission next Week with a
new Starting Location card and a new roll on the Mission chart
above.

End of Each Week

Mark off the current Week Completed on the Campaign Log
Sheet.

Determine if the Campaign is completed. If it is, go to the End

of Campaign rules. Do not perform any other End of Each
Week actions.

If the Campaign is not Completed

Remove all XPs from the Soldiers. They begin the next Mission
with their normal starting number of Mission XPs.

Soldiers Heal all Wounds suffered during the Mission.

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DEFENSIVE CAMPAIGNS
Dunkirk 1940 (Defensive) RP
57+
Evaluation
Outstanding
After Allied counterattacks failed at Arras on May 21, German forces advanced 41‐56 Well Done
northwards towards the channel coast, potentially trapping the British Army 26‐40 Solid Work
before it could be withdrawn to England. French and British forces engaged in 10‐25 Questioning
a rear guard action while 330,000 soldiers were evacuated from the port city 9‐ Shameful
of Dunkirk.

Place 1
Squad Here

Traffic
Hub
Traffic Traffic
Hub Hub

Place 1
Squad Here

Place 1
Squad Here

United Kingdom Missions: Starting Special Rules

70 RP City Combat Locations: ‐ Never Surrender!: All Soldiers begin each Mission
Pasture with extra XP equal to the current Week of the
Combat Sweep
=Hostiles= Campaign.
Long Way Ruins
Germany ‐ Automatically use Traffic Hub as the final Objective
Hard Slog Houses for all Squad Missions.
=Region= Limited Road
Europe Support Lane
=Expansions= Just Another
2, 7, Day Final Locations:
and European Traffic Hub
Core Game

=Weeks=
3

Example: The Mission card specifies the Objective card being

Set-Up in Location #6. Place the Starting Location card in the Location
#6 space on the Tactical Display Sheet.
Place your Squad counters in the
indicated Starting squares. The Mission ends when any of the following occurs:
Draw a random Mission card and a - All Soldiers are in the Mission card.
random Starting Location card, for
each battle from those listed on the - When the Mission Time runs out.
Campaign sheet.
- When the player decides to end the Mission.
Defensive Campaign Missions are much like Escape Missions.
Treat each Mission card as having the “Escape Mission” Any Soldiers not in the Mission card when the Mission ends
Keyword and using the Escape Mission rules. are captured by the enemy and are removed from the
Campaign.
Your Goal... Escape
These Missions do not use Objective cards. Your goal in every Conduct Missions
Defensive Campaign Mission is to Move backward through
Conduct a normal Escape Mission for each Squad.
Location cards and Enter the Mission card.
Recalculate each Squad’s RP at the start of each Mission for
Place the Mission card in its normal place on the Tactical
purposes of the Hostile charts on Location cards.
Display Sheet. Place the Starting Location card in the
Objective space printed on that Mission card. You do not have
to pay its Entrance and Action/XP costs to play it. You must
End of Each Week
however draw the Hostiles for the Objective card after the Mark off the current Week Completed on the Campaign Log
Advance Mission Timer step (see the Escape Mission rules on Sheet.
page earlier in this Rulebook).
Determine if the Campaign is completed. If it is, go to the End
of Campaign rules, and do not perform any other End of Each
Week actions.

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If the Campaign is not Completed
Remove all XPs from the Soldiers. They begin the next Mission
with their normal start of Mission XPs.

Soldiers Heal all Wounds suffered during the Mission.

Weapons freely regain the Ammo printed on their cards. Any

unused Expendables such as Grenades carry over to the next
Mission.

Move each of the Squads along a line to the next square.

Roll on the following chart to determine the adjustment that

affects the next Mission.

Roll Effect
2- Purchase 3 RP of Gear
3-4 Gain 1 Squad Soldier (6 RP or less)
5-6 Gain 4 RP of Grenades
7-8 -1 Location from next Objective
9+ Subtract 2 from the Hostile value of the Objective

Update the Campaign Log Sheet based on your purchases.

Determine the new Resource Point totals for each Squad
based on their current Soldiers, Weapons, Skills, and Gear.

End of Campaign
RP Evaluation
Compare the RP value of your
ed
57+
41‐56
Outstanding
Well Done
surviving Soldiers, Skills, and Gear
y
in
26‐40 Solid Work (not Medals) to the Campaign’s
10‐25 Questioning
ty 9‐ Shameful Victory Chart to determine your level
of success (or failure).

MEDALS
If you are using the Medals expansion, your Soldiers earn
Medals as normal during the Campaign Missions.

The RP value of Medals is only used when drawing Hostile

cards for Location and Objective cards.

Example: You are playing an Offensive Campaign. Your Squad

started the Mission worth 30 RP, plus 5 RP of Medals. During
the Mission, you treat the Squad as being worth 35 RP when
drawing Hostile cards. At the end of the Mission, your Squad is
only worth 20 RP due to losses, not counting Medal RP. Your
Squad gains 10 RP to make purchases (30 RP of starting
Squad value - 20 RP of ending Squad value = 10 Regained
RP).

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SET-UP
Separate the Medal cards by Nation. You will only need the
Nation cards for the specific Nation you are commanding
during a Mission. Place all the other Medal cards off to the
side.
Shuffle your Nation’s Medal cards and place the deck face
down next to the Tactical Display Sheet.
THE MISSION
Always use Elite Hostiles when you are using the Medals
expansion.
Drawing a Medal Card
Draw the top card when the Mission meets the condition
specified on the back of its card. Draw only one card even if
the next card in the deck has the same condition.
Example: A Medal card’s back has the condition “Draw when
you play a Location.” You play a Location card and draw the
Medal card. If the next card also has the “Draw when you
play a Location” condition, do not draw it until you play
another Location card.
Potential Medal Recipient
Once you draw the Medal card, randomly determine which
of your Soldiers is in a position to receive the Medal. All
Soldier types (Player Soldiers, Non-Player Soldiers, and
Squad Soldiers) may receive Medals.
Earning the Medal
If the Soldier completes the requirements listed on the
Medal card, the Soldier gains the noted benefit.
Immediately apply the benefit to the Soldier. It is possible for
a Soldier to earn a benefit they would not normally be
eligible for.
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Example: A Squad Soldier earns a benefit that awards
him 2 RP of Skills. Select 2 RP of Skills for that Soldier.
Example: An NPS earns a Medal that allows him to
“Once per Mission, Find 1 Grenade.” Even though he
is an NPS and his Gear is normally pre-determined, he
can Find, and use, the Grenade.
The Medal cards come with sheets of Medal stickers.
Peel off the appropriate Medal sticker and apply it to
the Soldier card.
Each Medal has an RP value. Take this into account
during Soldier RP checks, such as when Lightening
the Load.
These stickers stay with the Soldier until he suffers a
Downed or KIA result. Take into account the RP value
of Medals when selecting Soldiers for future
Missions.
Medal cards
“Eliminate”
Some Medals have the “Eliminate” condition. This
means the Soldier must be the only Soldier to inflict
all Suppression and EKIA results on the Hostile card.
If any other Soldier, or card played by another
Soldier, inflicts a Suppression or EKIA on the Hostile
card, the Soldier is no longer eligible to receive the
Medal for that Hostile card.
Example: To receive a Medal, the Soldier must
Eliminate an enemy Sniper card. If any Soldier, other
than the selected Soldier, inflicts a Suppress or EKIA
on the Sniper, the Soldier is no longer eligible to
receive the Medal.
If the Medal specifies a Turn limit, and the condition is
not met within the noted limit, shuffle the Medal back
into its Nation’s draw deck.
Example: The French’s “Military Medal” specifies that
2 EKIA must be placed on a Rifle Team this turn. If the
Soldier only places a single EKIA this turn, the Medal
is discarded, with the Hostile remaining in play.
“Draw and leave face down...”
Draw the card, but leave it face down. Move it off to
the side. Reveal it, when the condition is met.
“Draw a Hostile...”
If the Hostile does not have Place instructions, Place
it in the Front-most Location card. The Hostile Targets
Soldiers as normal.
 Squad Vehicle cards, Anti-Vehicle Hostile
cards, and Driving cards first appeared in
WWII Expansions #36, #37, #38, and
#39.
vehicles
You can now purchase and operate Squad Vehicles
as part of your team. This added capability is
balanced by the presence of Anti-Vehicle Hostiles that
appear during the Mission.
Every Nation has its own set of Squad Vehicle cards,
Anti-Vehicle cards, and Driving cards, which can be
identified by the Nation’s flag.
Treat Vehicle cards as being Squad Soldier cards for
the purposes of card effects, unless specified
otherwise on the card.
Example: If a Hostile card Targets the Soldier with the
highest RP value, include Vehicle cards in the
selection.
Example: A card inflicts 1 Wound on a random Vehicle.
Do not include non-Vehicle Soldiers in the random
selection.
Treat Vehicles as being the same as Soldiers when
drawing Hostile Targeting counters for standard
Hostile cards.
Light Vehicles
If the only Soldier Vehicles included in the Mission are
Light Vehicles, ignore the Noise and Anti-Vehicle card
rules. If any standard Vehicles are included in the
Mission, treat Light Vehicles as normal Vehicles.
Example: The only Vehicle in your Mission is an SUV
from the PMC game. The SUV is a Light Vehicle, so
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you would not use the Noise rules or the Anti-Vehicle cards.
Interior Missions
Some Mission cards have the “Interior” Keyword. You may not
use Light Vehicles or Vehicles in these Missions.
When drawing Hostile cards, ignore and redraw for any
Vehicle Hostile drawn
SQUAD VEHICLE CARDS
You purchase and use Squad Vehicle cards the same way as
you purchase and use Squad Soldier cards. Each Vehicle
card represents a specific Vehicle. Each Vehicle’s values vary
slightly to take into account the skills of that specific crew as
well as the quirks of that specific Vehicle. The new aspects of
Squad Vehicle cards are detailed below.
1 - Noise: The amount of Noise the Vehicle creates. The
higher the number, the more Noise it creates. In general: 1 =
Jeeps, 2 = Half-tracks, 3 = Light Tanks, and 4 = Medium and
Heavy Tanks.
2 - Cannon: Some Vehicles are equipped with a Cannon. Use
the Attack Chart and Keywords as normal. The new Keyword
“Prox” for “Proximity” appears for many Cannons, and is
defined on the Keywords Sheet.
Example: A Cannon has the Keywords “Single Shot, Pen 3.,
Ranged Attack”. This means it can only use the Cannon once
per Turn, it has a Penetration of 3, and it is a Ranged Attack.
3 - MG: Many Vehicles are equipped with a Machine Gun. Use
the Attack Chart and Keywords as normal.
Example: A Machine Gun has the Keywords “Auto: 3 dice,
Spray, Pen 2., Ranged Atk”. This means that when it Attacks, it
will perform a 3-die Auto Attack and you check each die roll to
see if it inflicts a Hit. It has a Penetration of 2, and makes a Vehicle’s Noise range, then discard the Anti-Vehicle card.
Ranged Attack.
Example: You are drawing an Anti-Vehicle card for an M4
4 - S. Arms: Some Vehicles are able to carry Soldiers which Tank Vehicle with a Noise rating of 4. You draw the Anti-Tank
can perform Small Arms Attacks. Use the Attack Chart and Rifle Team Anti-Vehicle card with a Noise range of 2-3. Since
4 is not in the range 2-3, you discard the Hostile.
Keywords as normal. The new Keyword “Atks = Health”
appears for all Small Arms. This means the Vehicle can If you had drawn the Anti-Tank
perform a number of Small Arms Attacks each Soldier Turn Gun with a Noise range of 3-4,
equal to its current Health, without spending Actions. you would have placed the Anti-
Tank Gun 2 Location cards
Example: A Half-track has a Health of 4 and has a Small Arms beyond the Front-most
Attack Chart with the “Atks = Health” Keyword. Every Turn, the Location.
Half-track can perform 4 free Small Arms Attacks. If the Half-
track suffers 2 Wounds, it can then only perform 2 Small Arms 7 - XP: The XP gained from
Attacks each Turn. Destroying the Hostile.
5 - Keywords: Squad Vehicle cards introduce several new 8 - Keywords: Anti-Vehicle
Keywords, which are defined on the Keywords sheet. cards introduce several new
Keywords, which are defined
Loadout - The Vehicle can carry the indicated number of Gear
on the Keywords Sheet.
Loadout points. Purchase this Gear as normal. You may pass
the Gear to other Soldiers as normal.
Driving Cards
ANTI-VEHICLE CARDS Driving cards are part of the Anti-Vehicle deck of cards.
Instead of being an enemy group of Soldiers or a Vehicle,
Anti-Vehicle cards represent the these represent random Vehicle-rated events.
enemy’s anti-vehicle capabilities.
These cards are specially 1 - Nation: As with the other cards, these cards are also
designed to engage your Squad Nation specific.
Vehicles in combat.
2 - Noise Range: This works the same as the Noise Range
During Set-Up, shuffle the enemy on Anti-Vehicle cards.
Nation’s Anti-Vehicle cards to
form a deck, and place it next to 3 - Card Text: Each card has text detailing the card’s effect.
the Tactical Display Sheet. All
Anti-Vehicle cards are Elite
difficulty.

Example: You set-up a Mission and select Japan to be the

Hostile Nation. Shuffle the Japanese Anti-Vehicle cards and
place them next to the Tactical Display Sheet.

6 - Noise Range: During the

Hostile Reinforcement Draw step
of each Turn, draw an Anti-Vehicle
card for each Squad Vehicle. If
the Squad Vehicle’s Noise rating
falls into the Anti-Vehicle’s Noise
range, then place the Anti-Vehicle
in its specified Location. The Anti-
Vehicle card automatically
Targets the Vehicle it was drawn
for. If the Squad Vehicle’s Noise
rating does not fall into the Anti-

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 Warfighter Private Military Contractor (PMC) makes
you the boss of a private security company heading
off to make the world a better place in the Iraqi Gold
Rush days of 2003 and onward. You hire operators,
build up your Office and Iraqi Compound, bid on
private military contractors
contracts, and use the Warfighter tactical system to
resolve engagements with the local hostiles. Along
with fighting hostiles, you also need to turn a profit!
You have bills to pay, so get out there and start
making some money!
VICTORY
Your goal is to make as much money as possible
during a 6-Month Campaign. The different Victory
levels are shown on the Business Form for each type
of Business.
If the Money in your Company’s Bank Account ever
goes below $0, you immediately lose the Campaign.
NEW RULES
PMC uses all the standard Warfighter rules, except
where noted below. PMC adds a strategic campaign
level to your Warfighter missions. You run a company,
and manage all the financial details of the company,
and use the Warfighter tactical system to resolve
engagements that occur at your contract sites.
PMC Nation
PMC is a Nation in Warfighter, and uses
all the standard Nation rules.
PMC / Soldier
These terms are used
interchangeably when referring to
your personnel.
The cards and rules refer to “RP”.
This refers to the Printed cost on
the Soldier’s card, and does not
include Skills and Gear.
Many Soldier cards note an “-or-” for their Weapon
selection. When you purchase a Soldier, or they
Promote to a higher Level, decide which Weapon
they will Equip for that Level.
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Example: When Smith Promotes to Level 3, he must decide
whether to Equip the AR-15 Carbine or the M4 Carbine.
Example: Smith chose to Equip the AR-15 Carbine when he
Promoted to Level 3. When Smith Promotes to Level 4, he
decides to Equip the M4 Carbine. The AR-15 Carbine is
removed from him, and placed back in the Weapon deck.
Example: Level 5 Smith was able to choose between the AR-15
Carbine and the M4 Carbine, and he chose to Equip the AR-15
Carbine. You also purchased for him an MP5 SMG and M9
Pistol. When he Promotes to Level 6, he decides to Equip the
M4 Carbine. He removes the AR-15 Carbine, but keeps the
MP5 SMG and M9 Pistol.
Duration
Each PMC Campaign has a 6-Month duration.
Reputation
Your company starts with 0 Reputation. You will
gain and lose Reputation during a Campaign. As
your Reputation increases, you will receive
advantages. Place Reputation counters for your
Company’s current Reputation on the Reputation area of the
Tactical Display. If you do badly, your Reputation can go below
0 and into the negatives.
Red/Green Text
Some cards have text printed in red or green. Red text
denotes some kind of restriction or penalty.
Example: A Contract card has red text of “Must have Rep 5+.”
If you have Reputation 4 or less, you cannot Bid on this
Contract.
Green text denotes a bonus or advantage of some kind.
Example: A Contract card has green text of “If Rep 9+, -1
Comp.” If you have Reputation 9 or higher, randomly remove
one Competitor from Bidding on this Contract.
“Remove from Campaign”
Remove the card or set of Soldier cards from the Campaign.
They cannot be used again.
If a PMC is Downed, remove their cards from the Campaign. If
you hire a PMC, then later decide not to pay them at the start
of a Month, remove their cards from the Campaign.
Vehicles
If a Vehicle is rendered Immobile, and you
complete the Objective, you may retrieve and
freely repair the Vehicle. If you do not complete
the Objective, discard the Vehicle card. It may be
repurchased.
Overwatch
At the start of a Mission, divide your Soldiers
between the Tactical and Overwatch groups. You
must have at least one Player Soldier in the
Tactical group.
Place the Overwatch Soldiers off to the side of the Tactical
Display. They do not travel through the Location cards.
Treat the Tactical Soldiers as normal.
For each Overwatch Soldier, draw 1 random Overwatch
counter for every 10 RP, or fraction of 10 RP, of the Soldier’s
Printed RP value. Do not add additional Skills, and Gear. Place
each Soldier’s Overwatch counters on the Soldier’s card.
Example: You place a 12 RP Soldier, with an additional 4 RP of
Skills, and 8 RP of Gear on Overwatch. Draw only 2 Overwatch
counters for the Soldier (RP 12), as their additional Gear and
Skills do not count toward Overwatch counters.
You may expend each Overwatch counter during the Mission
to gain the noted effect. Discard any unused Overwatch
counters at the end of the Mission.
Overwatch Counters
Gain 3 XP – At any time, add a total of 3 XP to any Soldiers.
Cancel val 0-2 Hostile Arrival – When you draw a Hostile
Reinforcement card with a value of 0 to 2, Discard it.
Adjust Mission Turns 1 – After adjusting the Timer counter
during the Advance Mission Timer step, adjust the Timer
counter by 1 space in either direction.
Eliminate a val 0 Hostile – During the Soldier Turn, Eliminate
1 Hostile card with a value of 0.
Draw 3 Cards – At any time, draw a total of 3 Action cards
and add them to a Player Soldier’s hand.
Cancel Attack, Down – After rolling a Hostile’s Attack and
Defeat Cover dice, Down the Overwatch Soldier to cancel the
Attack.
Gain 1 Action – During the Soldier Turn, give 1 Action to any
Soldier. This Action is temporary, and is removed at the
beginning of the next Soldier Turn.
Cancel val 0-4 of Hostile Moves – During the Hostile Close
Range step, select a total value of 0 to 4 Hostile cards in one
Location. Do not Move them.
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Dollars and Resource Points
PMC measures costs and income in
Dollars. When purchasing Warfighter
cards, $1000 dollars = 1 Resource
Point.
Example: The M4 Carbine has an RP cost of 3, it costs $3000
to purchase for a Player Soldier PMC.
You do not have to buy Ammo for Weapons. It is included as
part of the purchase cost. You do need to repurchase
Expended Gear that is used.
Example: I purchase 3 M67 Grenades. I use 2 of them in a
Mission. I do not freely get those back, and may re-purchase
them next Month.
Purchase vs. Overhead
All purchases are a one-time purchase unless noted as
Overhead. You pay Overhead costs at the start of each Month
during the Accounts Payable step.
Example: Smith at Level 6 has an RP value of 22, which is an
Overhead of $22,000. I decide to purchase the MP5 SMG for
$2000 and give it to Smith. Smith’s Overhead is still $22,000.
PMC Stress Cards
PMC Stress cards are a new
card type. These cards
represent the stressful effects of
combat on people who are not
trained to military standards.
Shuffle these cards into the Action card
deck.
Each card is divided into 3 sections:
Top - Declares which PMC Soldiers can be affected by the
card. Many cards also give you the option of paying XP
instead of suffering the effects of the card.
Middle - Details the ill affects on the PMC Soldier.
Bottom - Details the benefit gained by the PMC Soldier.
All of these rules remain unchanged if you are playing a
Mission with a mix of PMCs and standard military Soldiers.
However, if you draw a PMC Stress card for a non-PMC Player
Soldier, discard and redraw. Also, when determining which
Soldier is affected by a Stress card, only select from PMC
Soldiers - do not include non-PMC Soldiers in the selection.
You must use these cards if you are playing a Mission with
one or more PMC Soldiers.
Hostile Cards
PMC includes three types of Hostile cards. All Hostile cards
function as normal Warfighter Hostiles, however, Epic and
Legendary Hostile cards are more powerful versions of the
standard Hostile. Shuffle the Epic cards. Shuffle the
Legendary cards. Place their decks off to the side for later use.
BUSINESS SET-UP
Forming Your Business
You begin a PMC Campaign by creating
your business. To do so, fill out the
Business Form provided. You can also
download these forms from the DVG
website.
Fill in the information for your Company
Name, Owner’s Name, City and Country,
Slogan, and Logo. These do not affect
game play, and are for personal flavor.
Select the size of your Business. From smallest to largest, you
can select from: Sole Proprietor, Partnership, LLC, or
Corporation. LLCs and Corporations are found in the PMC
Expansion decks. We recommend starting with a Sole
Proprietor business.
Each Company card notes your
Starting Money. Collect Starting Money
counters and place them on the Bank
Account area of the Display Sheet.
You must select an Office card and a Compound card. The
Office card is where your company is located in your home
country. Your Compound card is your company’s facility in
Iraq’s Green Zone.
You may select Enhancement cards for your Office and
Compound. Most of these card types have three levels:
inferior, normal, and superior. Inferior cards actually save you
money each Month, but you do suffer some kind of penalty.
Normal cards have no adjustments, and no cost. They are
assumed to be part of your Company’s Overhead. Superior
cards have a Monthly Overhead cost, and provide you with a
benefit. The cost of an Enhancement is based on your Office
or Compound card’s Enhancement value.
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Example: If you had an
Office with the Lawyer
Enhancement, you would
pay: x1 $Enh which would
be $8,000 due to the
Office’s Enhancement
note.
Example: If you had the
Compound with the
Primitive Infirmary, you
would pay: -x1 $Enh
which means your
Overhead is reduced by
$6,000 due to the
Compound’s
Enhancement note.
Record all of these choices on your Business Form. Now that
you have created your Company’s structure, you can start
making purchases.
Purchases
You may purchase the following items in any order. All of this
is part of the Business Set-Up step.
You always have the Federal Firearms License, and must
follow the limitations that come with it. You may purchase
other Licenses which will remove some of these limitations.
These are one-time purchases. Once you purchase a License,
you have it for the remainder of the Campaign.
Select the PMCs you wish to hire. PMCs come in levels from 1
to 6, with Levels 1 and 2 being Squad Soldiers, 3 and 4 being
Non-Player Soldiers, and 5 and 6 being Player Soldiers. Each
Soldier can only have one card in the Campaign at any time.
You may hire a PMC at any of their 6 Levels. During the
Campaign, your PMCs will earn Hero Points by going on
Missions. The Hero Points needed for a PMC to Promote to
the next Level is noted on each PMC’s card for Levels 1 to 5.
PMCs cannot Promote higher than Level 6.
PMCs come with the Gear and Skills listed on their cards at no
cost. You cannot purchase a PMC if you do not have the
proper Licenses for all of their Gear. If you have hired a PMC
and they Promote to a card that has Gear you are not licensed
for, you must Remove the PMC from the Campaign. You may
purchase additional Gear for Player Soldiers. You may not
allocate a PMC’s Gear to other Soldiers. If the PMC has an -or-
for a choice between multiple Weapons, you must Equip them
with a Weapon you have Licenses for, or they leave your
Campaign.
When a PMC Promotes to the next higher Level, they freely
gain the Gear listed on their new card, and lose any Gear that
was printed on their old card.
Each PMC has a Salary noted on their cards. As you
allocate Hero Points to a PMC, and they Promote to
higher Levels, their Salary remains the same as when
you hired them. However, PMCs have a Reputation
and Raise noted on their cards. If your Company does
not meet the Reputation needed by the PMC, you
must give the PMC a Raise from the Salary you hired
them at, to the Salary listed on their current card. The
Salaries of your PMCs are part of your Monthly Overhead.
Example: You hired a Level 2 PMC costing 5 RP ($5000) and
requiring Reputation 3. Your company had Reputation 4. Later,
the PMC Promoted to Level 3 with 8 RP and Reputation 5. Your
company by then had Reputation 6, so you did not have to give
them a Raise. Now, the PMC has Promoted to Level 4 with 11
RP and 7 Reputation. Your company still has a Reputation of 6.
You must either give them a Raise to $11000, or they will leave
your company.
Select and purchase any Weapons and Gear you are
Licensed for. This Equipment belongs to your Company and
you may allocate it Week by Week to any Player Soldiers.
Record this Gear in the Company Inventory section of the
Form.
Select and purchase Skills for Soldiers as normal.
Record all this information on your
Business Form.
Place Money counters equal to your
Overhead in the Overhead area of the
Display Sheet. This is not your Money. It is
just an easy reminder of your Monthly
Overhead.
Whenever you earn Money, add the Money counters to the
Bank Account space on the Display Sheet. Whenever you
spend Money, Subtract the Money counters from your Bank
Account.
Black Market Gear
Some Gear has the Black Market
Keyword. See the Keywords
sheet for details. You may
purchase this Gear even if you
don not have the proper License.
Each time you purchase a Black
Market item, roll a die. If you roll
the Risk number or lower, you do not pay for the item, you do
not receive the item, and you must pay the noted fine.
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Example: For the M67 Grenade Black Market: Roll a die for
each Grenade you purchase. On a roll of 1 or less, you do not
pay for the Grenade, or get the Grenade, but you do need to
pay a $25,000 fine. If you roll a 2+ you receive the item.
Competitors
Draw 2 Competitor cards. These
Competitors remain in play throughout the
Campaign.
Cards and Counters
Place the Month counter in the “1” square of the Months track.
Place the Hostile cards and Contract cards in their spaces on
the Display Sheet. Place your PMC, Skill, and Gear cards off
to the side.
Sort the Location cards (Baghdad, Baghdad Embassy, etc.)
into their individual Region and place them off to the side.
GAME PLAY
You are now ready to begin bidding on Contracts, running
Missions, and making the world a better place! All while
making a buck or two.
MONTHLY SEQUENCE
Each Month, you perform the following Monthly Sequence of
steps.
Acquisitions
Decide whether to keep the PMCs you have previously
selected, or you may fire any of them, and Remove them from
the Campaign.
Select any new PMCs, Gear, and Licenses you would like to
purchase and pay for them out of your Bank Account.
Purchase and adjust any of your Office and Compound
Enhancements.
Adjust the Money counters in the Overhead area as needed to
reflect your new Overhead.
Accounts Payable
Begin by paying your Overhead expenses. This includes your
Office, Compound, PMC Salaries, and Enhancements. To do
so, reference the Money counters in your Overhead area on
the Display Sheet, and deduct that much Money from the
Bank Account area on the Display Sheet.
You pay Overhead for the following cards:
- Soldier cards. Only pay for the Soldier card’s Printed RP
value. Do not pay Overhead for their Skills or Gear.
- Office card.
- Compound card.
- Office and Compound Enhancement cards.
- Any other cards that have an Overhead notation.
Bid on Contracts
Shuffle the Contract cards and draw
the number noted on your
Company card. Place them face-
up. You may Bid on them in any order. If a
Contract has a Term extending beyond the
end of your Campaign, discard it and draw
until you draw a Contract that does not
extend beyond the end of your Campaign. If
a Contract has Bidding requirements, and you don’t meet the
requirements, you cannot Bid on the Contract.
Select the Contract you want to Bid on. Roll a die for each of
your Competitors. If their roll is equal to, or higher than, the
Bid roll noted on each Competitor card, they are also in the
Bidding. If all the Competitors fail their Bid rolls, you win the
Contract.
If at least one Competitor made their Bid roll, then the Bidding
goes to a new round. Reduce the amount of the Contract by
the amount shown on the Contract card. You may now decide
to continue Bidding, or drop out. If you drop out, discard the
Contract.
If you decide to stay in the Bidding, roll a die for each of the
Competitors that remained in the Bidding. Since this is the first
follow-up round of Bidding, subtract 1 from their die rolls.
Repeat the Bidding rounds until only you remain, or you drop
out. Subtract 1 from their rolls for each round after the first
round of Bidding, and continue to subtract the noted amount
of the Contract’s Bid Money for each round of Bidding.
Example: You have Darkwater and Pointy End as your 2
Competitors on a $40000 Contract with a $4000 Bidding
Reduction. On the first round of bidding, Darkwater needs to
roll a 6+ and Pointy End needs an 8+. Darkwater rolls an 8
and Pointy End rolls a 3. Pointy End drops out of Bidding and
Darkwater stays in for a 2nd round. You decide to stay in as
well, and now Darkwater has a -1 modifier. They roll a 6 which
is not high enough, as they needed a 7+, so they also drop out
of bidding, making the Contract yours for $36000.
If you win the Contract, place the Money counters on the
Contract equal to the amount it was worth when you won the
Bidding. Also, place a “Contract” counter on the Contract
card, as well as the same numbered Contract counter on the
“Weeks of Contract” track in the space equal to the Contract’s
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Term in Weeks. You will receive this Money if you successfully
complete the Contract.
Repeat for each Contract you wish to Bid on. Discard any
Contracts you do not wish to Bid on.
Week to Week
Each Month, allocate your PMCs and Gear to each of your
Contracts, and then roll for the Week to determine if there is
an Engagement for each of your Contracts. You repeat this
allocation and Engagement process for each of the 4 Weeks
each Month.
Freely Allocate your PMCs and Gear to each Contract. You
may rearrange your PMCs at the start of each Week. Each
Team must have at least one Player Soldier, or you fail the
Mission and fail to complete the Contract. If you fail to
complete a Contract, discard the Contract card, its Money
counters, and its Contract counters. Also, suffer any Failure
notes on the Contract card.
Engagements
Roll a die for each
Contract’s Threat. If the
roll is less than or equal
to the Contract’s Threat,
an Engagement occurs.
Draw a Mission card from
that Contract’s noted
Mission deck. Find the
Objective in that deck with the same title. The Region and
Hostiles are listed on each Mission card.
When an Engagement occurs, immediately collect Money
counters equal to the Contract’s Engaged Money, and add
them to your Bank Account on the Display Sheet. Do this for
each Engagement, for each Contract, each Week.
Escalation
If you roll the Contract’s Threat value or lower,
resolve the Mission as normal.
If your roll is higher than the Threat value, no
Mission occurs. Instead, draw an Escalation counter from the
cup and place it on the Contract card. These counters modify
future Threat rolls for the Contract as well as your rewards
when a Mission does occur for the Contract.
Continue to accumulate Escalation counters on the Contract
card until a Mission occurs or the Term of the Contract ends.
Once a Mission occurs, discard all Escalation counters from
the Contract. Before resolving the Mission, add the noted
Engagement Money counters, Escalation Money, and
Reputation counters to your business. You gain these
regardless of the Mission’s success.
Bonus Reputation
If the total RP of Soldiers is equal to one-half or less of the
Mission card’s Hostile value, you gain 1 Reputation at the end
of the successful Mission. Overwatch Soldiers do not count
toward the Mission’s RP limit when calculating a Mission’s
Reputation bonus.
Example: Your Mission card notes 40 RP. An Escalation counter
increases RP by 20 RP to 60 RP. You allocate 27 RP of Soldier
cards to the Mission. You successfully complete the Mission
and earn 1 Reputation point.
Resolve the Mission
Use the total RP value of the Mission card plus Escalation
counters when drawing Location Hostile cards, and for other
cards that reference a Location’s Hostile value. Do not use
your Team’s RP value.
Example: The Mission lists 20 RP, and the Mission has a +20
RP Escalation counter. You allocated 67 RP of Soldiers to the
Contract. When drawing Hostile cards for Locations, use the
“30-49” range on the Location cards.
Resolve the Mission as normal.
Allocate the Mission card’s Hero Points to the PMCs that are
Level 1 to 5 that survived the Mission. You must allocate all the
Hero Points if possible, and a PMC must Promote if they have
the required number of Hero Points. You cannot allocate Hero
Points to a Level 6 Soldier.
If you failed the Mission, then you failed to complete the
Contract, immediately discard the Contract card and its Bid
Money counters.
Repeat these steps for each Contract. Resolve each Mission
as normal.
Advance the Contract counters by one space on the “Weeks”
track on the Tactical Display.
Accounts Receivable
A Contract successfully ends when you have successfully
resolved all its Missions during its Term. At the end of the
Month, collect the successfully completed Contract’s Bid
Money counters from the Contract card and add them to your
Bank Account.
Successfully completing, or failing to complete, a Contract
may have other effects noted on the Contract cards.
Once a Contract ends, discard the Contract card and its
Contract counters.
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Paperwork
As with any business, it is now time to do the paperwork.
Adjust your Company Reputation and record the new value
on your Business Form. You can also place Reputation
counters on the Tactical Display totalling your new
Reputation. Some cards adjust your Reputation as noted.
Add 2 Epic Hostile cards and 1 Legendary Hostile card to
the Hostile deck, and re-shuffle the deck. The Hostiles
become more challenging during each passing Month of
the Campaign.
End of Month
This completes the Month. Advance the Month counter by
one space. Each Month ends at the end of 4 Weeks.
At the end of Months 1 to 5, start the cycle again with the
Accounts Payable step. At the end of Month 6, end the
Campaign. Some Contracts will not be complete at the end
of a Month. Continue the Contracts next Month.
End of Campaign
End the Campaign after resolving 6 Months of activities.
Compare the Money counters in your Bank Account to the
Victory chart on the Business form to determine your level
of success.
LINKED CAMPAIGNS
You can link 2 or more 6-month Campaigns to form a
longer company history.
Start the Linked Campaign with a Sole Proprietor
Campaign, and play the Campaign as normal.
Next Campaign
After the first Campaign, if you have enough money to
meet the Starting Money of a Partnership, then start a new
Campaign using the Partnership Business card. If you
don’t have enough money for a Partnership, play the next
Campaign as a Sole Proprietorship. Repeat this process in
the following Campaigns for upgrading to LLCs and
Corporations.
Pay $100,000 for each Reputation point you would like to
keep from your previous Campaign.
You may rehire PMCs that did not die from the previous
Campaign. Perform Reputation checks to check for Raises
at the start of the Campaign if your Reputation decreased.
Perform all the standard start of Campaign set-ups and
purchases. Play the Campaign as normal.
 This section details the rules for playing the game Example: Each
with a supernatural flavor, featuring undead enemies, Imperial Warrior has
a Health of 3, and
as introduced in WWII Expansion #42. If this is of no
there are 2 Imperial
Undead - alternate WWii setting
interest to you, you may skip this section. Warrior Hostiles on
this card.
BACKGROUND The 1st Warrior is
Nazi experimentation into the occult has released Targeting Soldier
horrors upon the world. Axis soldiers have risen from #1 and has
the dead, unleashing a new phase of WWII across the suffered 2 EKIAs,
globe! reducing its Health
from 3 to 1. This
Warrior will now
NEW MECHANICS Attack using the
“1” column on its
Expansion #42 introduces new rule mechanics to the
Attack Chart.
Warfighter world.
The 2nd Warrior is Targeting Soldier #4, and has suffered 1
Double-Reticles EKIA. This Warrior Attacks using the “3-2” column on its Attack
Chart.
Some Undead Hostiles have a new type
of Reticle with 2 numbers. These cards Each Warrior rolls on its Attack Chart during the Hostile Attack
have 2 or more powerful Hostiles that step.
require more than 1 Hit each to Destroy.
If you inflict more than 1 Hit with an Attack (for example, a
The large number shows the number of Hits you must Grenade), you may distribute the Hits as you like between the
inflict to Destroy each Hostile. The smaller number to Hostiles on the card.
the bottom-right shows the number of Hostiles on the
card. Suppressions
Treat each Suppression as an EKIA for purposes of their
Example: You must inflict 3 Hits on each
Hostile, and there are 2 Hostiles on the Attack column. Also, if a Hostile has suffered a total number of
card. EKIAs and Suppressions equal to its Health, it cannot act this
Turn.
Keep track of the Hits and Suppressions
inflicted to each Hostile separately. Example: An Imperial Warrior has suffered 1 Hit and 1
Suppression. It Attacks using the “1” column.
Double-Reticle Hostiles have the “Each” Example: An Imperial Warrior has suffered 2 Hits and 1
notation on their Attack Charts. This Suppression. It cannot Attack.
means you draw a Hostile Targeting
counter for each Hostile, and you roll an Remove all Suppressions as normal at the end of the Hostile
Attack for each Hostile. Turn.

If a Double-Reticle Hostile card is out of Range to all For the purposes of these examples, we are placing
its Targeted Soldiers, and its Targeted Soldiers are in Suppressions on the Imperial Warriors. The Undead usually
different Location cards, Move the Hostile card have the Fearless Keyword, making them immune to
towards the closest Targeted Soldier during the Suppression.
Hostile Move steps. If the Hostile is in Range of a
Targeted Soldier, re-draw all Targeting counters for
Soldiers that are out of the Hostile’s Attack Range.
Keep redrawing until all Targeted Soldiers are in the
Hostile’s Attack Range.

Draw a new Targeting counter if a Targeted Soldier is

Downed. If there are Soldiers within the Hostile’s
Attack Range, redraw until you draw a Targeting
counter for a Soldier within Attack Range.

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Divinity
Some Soldiers, such as Clergy,
have Divine Powers.
Such Soldiers start each Mission
with the noted number of Divinity
Points.
Clergy can only Equip a limited
selection of Weapons, as noted
on their cards. They can use
other Gear as normal.
Example: A Clergy has the text
“Weapons: Only Blessed with LO
0-1”. This means that the Clergy Soldier can only use Blessed
Weapons that have a Loadout of 0 or 1. He can use non-
Weapon Gear as normal.
Each Clergy also starts with a
School of Theology. Select any
one of the Theology cards for
your Clergy Soldier.
Theology cards list your Clergy’s
Divine Power cards, and other
adjustments to their Powers and
abilities.
Only Clergy Soldiers can select
and use Theology cards.
Some Divine Power cards are
used in Reaction.
Each card has the Reaction
Keyword and notes the
condition under which it can
be used.
Using a Reaction Power still
costs Divinity points, but does
not cost an Action.
The only way to gain more
Divinity Points is to Eliminate Hostiles that have a Divinity
value.
When the group Eliminates a Hostile with a Divinity value,
divide the Divinity between the group’s Clergy Soldiers
however you like. A Clergy Soldier may exceed their
original Divinity Points value.
Example: The Soldiers gain 3 Divinity for Eliminating the
Imperial Warriors. There are 2 Clergy Soldiers in the Mission.
The players decide to give 2 Divinity Points to one Clergy
Soldier, and 1 Divinity Point to the other.
Blessed
Some Weapons have the
Blessed Keyword. These
Weapons have superior values
and a higher Resource Point
cost.

Blessed Gear can be used as

Each Divine Power Skill card normal by any Soldiers.
notes the number of Divinity
points expended to use the
Power. If a Soldier does not have
enough remaining Divinity to use
a Power, the Power cannot be
used.

Using a Divine Power costs 1

Action.

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player Campaigns
You can link several Missions together to form a Campaign.
To do this, select a Region and Hostile type as normal, then
select the Mission cards you want to use in your Campaign.
Arrange the Mission cards in order from fewest Resource
Points to most Resource Points. You will conduct the Missions
in that order.
SELECTING SOLDIERS
Purchase your Player Soldiers as normal, but there is one
restriction: you cannot purchase Skill cards at this time.
You will use these Player Soldiers throughout the Campaign.
As long as a Player Soldier is fit for duty, he must participate in
a Mission.
You are free to purchase Weapons, Ammo, and Equipment as
you like for each Mission after purchasing your Player
Soldiers. None of their Gear carries over to the next Mission.
You may also purchase Non-Player Soldiers and Squad
Soldiers on a Mission-by-Mission basis as normal.
THE FIRST MISSION
Shuffle all the Objective cards for your Region and draw the
first one. You now have the Mission and Objective of your first
Mission.
Play through the Mission as normal.
At the end of the Mission, your Player Soldiers earn Mission
Points equal to the Objective’s Location number.
Example: The Objective card is in Location #4, the Team earns
4 Mission Points.
You are free to divide these Mission Points however you like
between the Player Soldiers.
You may only purchase Skill cards with these points. Each
Mission Point equals 1 Resource Point when purchasing
Skills. Each Soldier may also save Mission Points, and
accumulate them to purchase Skills at a later time between
Missions.
If a Soldier suffers a KIA or Medical Discharge, that Soldier
cannot be used again during the Campaign.
THE FOLLOWING MISSIONS
As you complete each Mission, set aside that Mission and
Objective card. You will not use them again.
80 that is KIA.
If you fail to complete a Mission, your Campaign ends and you
use the rules below to determine your level of success (or
failure).
Remove all Wounds from your Player Soldiers between
Missions.
If a Player Soldier, Non-Player Soldier, or Squad Soldier suffers
a KIA or Medical Discharge, remove him from the Campaign.
Use the next Mission card, and randomly draw an Objective
card from those remaining.
When preparing for a Campaign, pay the base Resource cost
of each Player Soldier, then purchase your Gear, Non-Player
Soldiers, and Squad Soldiers as normal.
You may also purchase additional Player Soldiers. As with the
original Player Soldiers, you cannot purchase Skill cards for
them before their first Mission. After their first Mission, you can
buy Skills for them using Mission Points as normal. These
Soldiers remain in the Campaign unless they suffer a KIA or
Medical Discharge.
MISSION ADJUSTMENTS
Do not count the point values of Skill cards towards your
Mission Resource limit when you are preparing for a Mission.
Roll a die after each Mission. The result adjusts all the
remaining Missions for the Campaign. There is no limit to the
number of times an effect can be rolled each Campaign.
Roll Adjustment
1-2 Move the Objective card 1 Location further
away from the Mission card.
3-4 Add 1 to the cost of all future Skill card
purchases.
5-6 Subtract 1 from the Mission card Time.
7-8 Subtract 1 from the Loadout of all Player
Soldiers.
9-10 Add 3 to the Objective card’s Hostile value
LEVEL OF SUCCESS
At the end of your last Campaign Mission, total your Victory
Points to determine the effect your Campaign had on the
world.
Scoring Points
Gain and lose Victory Points (VPs) at the end of each Mission
as follows:
• Gain VPs equal to the Objective card’s Location.
• Lose 1 VP for each Non-Player Soldier or Squad Soldier that
is Medically Discharged.
• Lose 2 VPs for each Non-Player Soldier or Squad Soldier
• Lose 2 VPs for each Player Soldier that is Medically
Discharged.
• Lose 3 VPs for each Player Soldier that is KIA.
VPs Reach of Campaign’s Importance
6- No effect
7-15 Tactical
16-26 Operational
27-34 Theater
35+ Strategic
Optional rules
You can choose to use each of these rules at the start of the
Mission.
SAVING ACTION CARDS TO ENTER
You may put aside Action cards from your hand to pay the
discard cost of the next Location you enter. If you have any
saved Action cards left over after paying the cost, discard
them. These cards do not count toward your Health limit of
Action cards, and they cannot be used for anything else.
WEAPON JAMS
When using Burst or Auto Fire Mode, if 2 or more of your
Attack rolls are 1 above your Reload number, your Weapon
suffers a Jam and cannot be used again until the Jam is
cleared. You must spend 1 Action to clear a Jam.
Example: Your M1918A2 Machine Gun has a Reload number of
2. You fire in Auto mode and roll a 3, 6, and 3. It suffers a Jam.
As with Reloads, check for Jams before adding Attack
modifiers. It is possible to have a Weapon Jam, yet still
Suppress or Kill a Hostile with the Attack.
When firing in Auto Mode, it is possible for a Weapon to both
Jam and need to be Reloaded.
If you use this rule, gain 1 extra Resource Point for each
Soldier that purchases one or more Weapons with Burst or
Auto Fire Modes.
RANDOM MISSION GENERATION
Instead of selecting a Mission card and Objective card, you
can select a random Mission and Objective card from the
same Region.
COMBINING HOSTILE DECKS
You may shuffle together the Elite and Frontline decks for a
Nation’s Hostile cards to generate a set of Hostiles that are
harder to defeat than a Frontline deck, but easier to defeat
than an Elite deck.
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Credits
The following people have graciously contributed their talents
to one or more of the Warfighter games.
Game Design ........................................................Dan Verssen
Game Development ....................Holly Verssen, Kevin Verssen
Game Research ..............................Leigh Neville, David Makin
Research Assistant and Photos ......................Jonathan Nikitas
Chinese Soldier Photos ..............................................Mr. Ching
Campaign Research..................................................Iain Martin
Rulebook......................................Dan Verssen, Kevin Verssen,
Sarah Eandi, Holly Verssen
Rules Editors ..............................Benjamin Chee, Hans Korting
Michael Neubauer
Expansion Creation ............................................Kevin Verssen,
Sarah Eandi, Holly Verssen
Campaign System..................................................Dean Brown
Artists ......................Gundus Moot, Thierry Cravatte, Hokunin,
Wan Chiu, Cloud Quinot
Scenario Book Creation ......................................Kevin Verssen
Scenario Book Mission Briefing ........................Benjamin Chee
Contributions: Steve Alston, Bridget Fortune, Benjamin Chee,
Mikko Kauppinen, Paul Wright, Michael Adams,
Gary Loughrans, Tom Konczal, Emery Gallant, Tim Reece,
Everett Hammacher, Ric Van Dyke, David Raley, Todd Hughes,
Chris Richardson, Kira Verssen, Benjamin Smith,
Rhiannon Tylutki
Acknowledgements
KICKSTARTER
This game began as a Kickstarter.com project and we are very
grateful to the backers who pledged their support to fund the
game. Many thanks to all of you!
EXPANSION PACKS
You can add the Expansion packs into the core game to play
even bigger Missions with more variety.
Each card has a small notation in its lower left corner detailing
which game set it is part of, and its unique card number. This
makes it easy to separate the cards back to their original
decks.
“WP” designates a card from the core set of Warfighter Pacific
cards. A “14” designates a card from the 14th Expansion, and
so on. An “a” indicates that it is a revision of that card and
replaces the original.